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V OL PECK. FOR. HENER

* Conimiander of Canadian Scottish
“isUntoniet Candidate
For. Skeena of

" HAZELTON, B. C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER. 8, 1917

REINFORCEMEN 5 FOR TTALIANS

BRITISH AND FRENCH. TROOPS ARRIVE ON
_ ENDANGERED FRON T---ITAL’ Ys GREA rT LOSS

“Weshington, ‘Nov. “2: ‘—British
and French troops have arrived
on the Tagliamento front, to. re-

inforce the Italian army, says ‘a

A despatch ‘from ‘London es.
cable from Roti. ‘Their num timates: the. number of prisoners
bers are not stated, wo

we

‘There ig. every prospect that
Lieutenant-Colonel: Cc. W. Peck,
now: commanding the i6th: Cana-
dian Scottish at the’ front, will}
| - be member for ‘Skeena’ in the}.
oo next Dominion Parliament.” At

the solicitation of friends i in both

| political ‘parties, . Cok. ‘Peck has
congented to stand for this dis-

- trictias the Unionist candidate,

and ‘he will be strongly supported
7 by all who place patriotism: before
politics... “Before the war ‘'Cy”?
was: prominent. ‘in the « Liberal,

ge

P. Slavin returned to Houston,”
this morning.

- Pete McKay, of Houston, was
“[ here during the week, -

Of the fifth group, oneor more| J. A. Rogers wag up “trom
airplanes penetrated southeastern Prince Rupert on Tuesday, ;

London. | Harvey Crum ‘was a passenger '
tah '__| for Prince Rupert on Sunday,
Some of the sixth group reached ‘J.C, Stafford and ‘0. Rotteg,
the southeastern part of the city. of Fort St. James, came in on
at 120,000 and the number ‘of The seventh group was dis-

Tuesday, — .
guns lost ak “Semone than i000”. persed: before it! reached the out-/ Ensign W. Kerr, of the Salva- .
— er defences of the city.

tion Army, arrived from Vancou-
Teallan Headguarters, Nov. li-| a report, ‘froma Lord French, .

Italians to the east of the: Lower
Tagliamento, where they cut off
and captured. 60, 000 Italians,

Washington, Nov. 1: —Thirty
thousand German soldiers includ-

ver on Sunday,

ranks, and it is an encouraging
sign of: the ‘times ‘that J, E ‘Mer-
ryfield, ‘Conservative © candidate!

for’ thig district, hag withdrawn

- from the field -and pledged “his|
support to the Win: the-War can- |.

didate,

Col, Peck i is well known through:
out the district, which has taken
the Breatest interest in the Ca-
‘reer of the gallant officer and his

meri, Many of whom left Hazel
ton-and widinity to join the. 16th: |:

Starting a8 captain of the Skeena
company, ‘ “Cy” rose. ‘by: sheer
merit. to the command. of the fae

ing two generals of divisions, were
in the great battle on the}

cal ed reports today. ' General |)
Caflorna is pushing reserves rap-
id forward, with every prospect
of checking the. enemy *s advance,
and British and French support
will be immediately forthcoming,

it was said. -

1

Berlin, ‘Nov, Li The: -Austro-
German forces invading Italy have
increased the sumber of prison-

Ba sizza plateau, according: to)

orna, the commander-i- chief, in-
dicate, ‘the Italian troops, perfect:
ly reorganized, are. holding ‘the
enemy ‘at. ‘distance of seven
miles. west of. Udine. |

_ Rome,.- Nov.: L:—The Italian
forces under’ German attaek in
Northern Italy ‘have effected a

: withdrawal tox ‘the line of the

Tagliamenté,- witli: the third ‘Ttal- |:
‘ian army . nearly. complete, the
war office anno'nced today. ”

As. the bulletins of General Cad-

‘commander of the home forces,
respecting ~ last night's air raid,
says the German aviators took
advantage of the clouds to pre-
vent any decisive engagements,

London: Between 40 and’ 60
per cent-of German submarines
operating in the North Sea, the
Arctic and the Atlantic s since the
beginning of the war, have been
‘sunk “said Sir ‘Eirle Geddes, first
lord of the admiralty, in the house
of commons, adding. that-during

da. W. McPherson and M. F.

among the week’s visitors.

Mra. E. R, Cox, formerly. of
Hazelton, is a patient in Prince“
Rupert Hospital, ‘Suffering from.
rheumatism,

Ali citizens tre requested .to
attend the annual’ meeting of
Hazelton’ Fire Association in the
Progress Club rooms at 8:30 next
Thursday evening. |

Graham Rock has: gone ‘to Se.
attle for a. brief visit.- Mrs. Rook
and children, -who have ‘been
spending some - weeks | in the
const city, will : accompany him on.
his return, =

Hennessy, of Lorné Creek, were

erg: taken to more than 180, 000, ;
They have, captured more than

. Normal: conditions. Are: rapidly |¢
being restored. .

the: last quarter Germany lost ag
ae many submarines as she’ lost in

moug battalion, incidentally win-

- The army. medical boartl which”
ning. the - ‘Distinguished: Service

has’ made’ its headquarters | in

Order ‘and being ‘mentioned ‘in 1500 Italian: guns, The foregoing |. London, Nov. TAbout thirty 1916, eo Hazelton’ for some weeks, has
despatches on several occasions, information © “Was: officially . ans) : ‘¢ ok a been transferred to Penticton.
| It-is not probable that. he ‘will be nounced : today by” the Gorman airplanes, in even Broups, to “London: All the British guns Class 1 men yeporting for ex- ° .

“part in last night's. air raid,
[Three of them penetrated to’ the
heart of London, The casualties
and: damage were slight.
Right persona were killed and
twenty-one injured. The first
group of air raiders: dropped
bombs reat the coast,

“Pwo more groups: mere. broken

amination must now go to Prince
Rupert,

STORM CAUSES
MUCH DAMAGE _

A heavy windstorm ‘yesterday’
put all telegraph and telephone’
lines throughout the district. out.
of ‘commission, So far as can be .
learned, it will be impossible to |
restore communication for some:
days, Falling trees have: caused.
numerous breaks in: the - wires, | fe
besides blocking. the’ roads and, |

trails, 3 ae
Mudslides and washolits onthe -:
Skeena tied up G.T.P, trains: for” ore
several days, but the railway line _
has been cleared and the} passens

here ‘for the: ‘election; but. Union
‘ists have. ho doubt of his success, _ The German statement says the
a . Red Cross Concert Teuton fourteenth army yester-
7 z00d crowd. was Present. at day: gained another great victory,

the: concert and dance i in aid of| - Portions of the Italian retreat-
the Red Crogs held in. ‘Assembly | ; ing. forces made a stand at thes

Hall on Thursday evening. The Tagliamento river, The bridge-
program was well Teceived by head - nositi Di dl
the audience, which, signified . its| °° posi fang at ignano _

Codroino were captured by the up by a barrage o on the southeast-

‘approval by demanding: numerous
encores, . Dancing was indulged Germans. va V. fern outskirts of : the: metropolis. |™ mechanism Was destroyed, How.
The Avstto.Germans penetrat-| . fhe fourth” was turned back up ever the gun was saved. eventual.

war office, with the Italian army were saved>

according to a British correspon-
dent at Italian headquarters, who}
Bays the spirits of the British | °
gunnergare good, Lack of trans-
port, which could. not be allotted
to'them, was their whole trouble

‘One gun was so near to having
to be abandon ed that the breech

in-to a. late hour following. the

. dainty. Supper: served by the ed. the rearguard positions of. ‘the the Thames hal way to'London. jly,
_ ladies. at the’ conelision. of, ‘the} = : =

concert program.’ Following i is “Unionists Will Win: GENERAL. ELECTION °
the program: © ny aa far.aa‘I have Seen on my oO DECEMBER Ww
- Pianoforte “Dance Fantastiqtie” Journey through Canada to this

and their female relatives at
home. has entailed the creation of

‘h. entirely new machinery. Mili.
: ~—Writs were er train from Rupert due here: «
Mrs, Chappell nye . Ottawa, Oct. SL Wri a ‘pol ‘ # 7
- Sb wide. “The Silver: Ring” const there "is every indication issued tonight. ealling for a gen- tary ai ile Po He wil have to Wednesday evening, ‘arrived this
7 Miss Smi the that’ the Union government form- eral election on, Mon day, Decem- be held in France, Belgium, the morning, whiletoday’ 8 trains, Are

ed by Sir Robert Borden ‘will be
returned: to power: at the- forth-
coming\general’ election,” Hon, |.
Martin ‘Burrell,gecretary of atate,

remarked on his. arrival in- ‘Van- Yukon -n omination~day’ wilt ‘be|

[eouver,. A a eo
: cae be $1 I d “fi ur
Vi oY “ot course, I eh t : | ‘Decem er. io Po ling ay 0

United Kingdom, the. West Indies,
Canada and on. the high’ aeas 1 Of '
Europe dnd North America, «

Military’ voters: ‘stationed | in
Canada will cast ‘their voted on,

ates 7

the same day as thé’ civilian elec-}
ftors.-. ‘But the’ ‘difficulties ¢ of an|.
"| election. day at the: front have! :.
made changes - necessary, © ; Ally m:
t| soldiarg overseas will: ‘begin: vate Tt
y | dng: on November: 20,and military |)
a ‘votes may. be. ‘cast up to: add - ‘n=
| cliiding’ the ordinary polling day,
2) Che new. hous f..conimons.
we will: “consist of 284 them bets,’ AS.
compared with

on time,

It is reported ‘that & a section: ot :
the Rocher de’ Boule .tram waa J’
flattened by the storm; but na:
particulars can. be | obtained,’ 89:
the. telephone line i is Aown, om

Vistin: Selection elite Di. McKie
S610! “Trish Lallaby” Miss Wattie
- Retltation, Selectéd—Mrs, Harris
: Viohi

ber. 17. Nomination day.i is fixed
for Monday. November AQ. .

This applies to. all constituences
exeept Yukon - Territory. :The

sonal whieh’ the
. formed t th ela no ‘