va

- Monday,
evening, the ferry being. tied up,

-an Indian, to ferry them across
the Bulkley.: Danes refused, and Dyuse, where the’ hospital. was damaged.

result of a quarrel ov overa bottle

_ not be a candidate for,-the presi- .
. deney, has asked President Car-
- . anda to resign in favor of : Fer-

: “Ukely the difficulty between-Car-|
ranza and Villa wilh ‘he settled at}.

. closed on Tuesday morning, when
‘the body of Albert L. Taylor was |.

‘gulch,

deed,

- Tuesday: evening, with a jury

- progress, but will: ‘orabably con-

_ “Paylor,. who: had been in the
district : for some months, was al

the country, ‘and was regarded

VOL. Ty, NO. B

HAZELTON, B. C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 914

/

PRICE $2.00 A YEAR"

AMURDER CASE

Bert Taylor the. Victim—Sus-
pected: Indian Held [
‘By Police .

A horrible murder’ waa’ dis:

found on. the railway track’ ‘be-
tween ‘Hazelton station and Sealy.1:
The vietim’s throat had
been cut, and many knife wounds
showed the savage nature ‘of the

“The body was found by S, D.
Murray, the dead man's partner,
who notified the police and cor-
oner. Chief’ Minty immediately
began an investigation, securing
evidence which led to the arrest
of John May, a youngIndian,

Government Agent Hoskins, as
coroner, opened a inquest on

composed of Wm. Grant (fore-
man), Ja. M. MacCormick, CF V..
Smith, A, D: McLeod, Chas,
Hicks Beach and George Berts.
To allow further investigation,
tha inquest was adjourned until
last evening, when quite @ num-
her of witnesses. appeared, . All
the evidence was aot in at a late
hour, andi ‘a farther adjournment
was had, The inqueat ja atill in

alude taday, =

“{thas been shawn that deooased,
Progured liquor in Bageltan .on
About: nine in the
he and “May asked Jagac Danes,
they crossed in -George:Beirnes’
boat, The police believe- ‘that
the’ Indian. killed - Taylor.as the

of. whiskey, °

packer well known throughout

as. a good citizen. For some
weeks he had been acting as

guard: at the bridge. over Sealy |

gulch,

KOMAGATA MARU .
come RIOTERS. iN INDIA

- Calcutta, Oct, 2:—"The Koma:

gata’ Maru passengers ‘yefused ‘to -

board: the train for Punjab to-|
day, - and opened fire with revol-

vers. Trogps | were: compelled to} .

fire on the. ‘Sikhs, wo check their
rushes, One police official and a
constable were killed and a num-
ber wounded by the rioters, six-
teen of whem were killed. . ‘It is
believed the trouble in Vancou-
ver and here was: "inspired © by |
Germans, who wished ‘to’ cause
trouble between k England, Canada
anid India. a

es
Tot

Bat, ‘Mexico's’ Troubles | We we |%
_ i | Mexico City, Oct. 2:—Villa,.

who has. announced that he will

-dinand. Ocalderon, It ia thought|-:

" Kitchener’ 8 newly organized force,

ALES FORCING ENEMY BACK TO BORDER

| THREE WEEKS’ BA TTLE STILL IN PROGRESS-
BRITISH FLEE Tr LAYS MINES ON GERMAN COAS T

_ London,. Oct. 8:—Atter. terrific Oghting near Roye, on the’

enemy has’ been’ pressed back Bome miles further towards the
Belgian frontier, Violent: German-~ attacks, near Arras, were
repulsed, A number of attempts to bridge the Meuse near St:

; Mihiel. were, made: by: the - “enemy, but the. guns of the Allies’,
In the Woevre. district. the French | .

destroyed the. structures,
continue to make | progress, “The extreme end of the Allies’ left,
wing ig now within thirty miles of the Belgian border.
German’ papers are © preparing the people for news of ‘a
disaster to the German army in France. ;
.. The British government having at last decided to use “mines:

now announces that the fleet has planted many mines on the coast
of Germany, bottling up all: enemy vessels, .
Holland announces that the exportation of foodstuffs from that
country to’ ‘Gerhany will ‘be. prevented,: _f

A Petrograd despatch says the Kalser i is undoubtedly with tl e:

Allies’ left, where the Germans have been strongly reinforced, the 7

against the enemy, the admiralty has taken Prompt action, ‘and it}

German treops in East, Prussia, “where -his forees have met: with {tary movement

more reverges and have been compelled to retreat,
Brussels’ is reported short of food, 700,000 people being i ina
desperate condition. ‘ Efforts to obtain food from Antwerp have
failed, the Germans. being in charge of Brussels, -

The Germans are reported to have Jost many thousands off men
in “attempts to reduce the Antwerp forts, | ;
Twenty steamers were required to transport the receatly-
arrived East Indian troops to France,

A despatch from Nish says the Servian commander has ordered
‘the temporary abandonment of efforts to capture Sarajevo, capital

7 ‘of Bosnia, as the Austrians occupy positions which can only be

ttaken by assault and great sacrifice,

‘Ottawa, Oct. 3:—The Canadian expeditionary forve is believed

\-|to have landed, but there i is no report as to the time or place of

disembarkation, ‘The convoy consisted of thirty transports, with

. eleven warships, The contingent numbers 31,300 troopa, with

‘8,000 horses, _ The transporting of the foree was the largest mili-

ever effected an. the Atlantic ocean,

London, Sept. 28; —The Allies’ left is making progress towards
the Meuse, and ground is being ‘gained in.the Woavre district}

‘France is'unchanged. Or Saturday all the’ ‘German forces were
hurled ‘against the Allies, to be repulsed all, slong the ‘line, - Thera.
was much bayonet ‘fighting at ‘geveral- points, ©
continued-yeaterday, when the enemy was again beatan back- with:
Severe loas, after attacks of: violenea.unprecedanted- alnee-tha
beginning of the campaign. Corps after corps of Germang’ was|
unsuccessfully hurled against the flower of the British and French
armies. It ig predicted that the - turning movement of the Allies
will soon aueceed,” a.

German alvahips on Saturday night dropped bombs. on Alost,’
Ghent, Dyase, Minelbeke and Rolleghem. ' One. man Was: Killed at

-Yesterday bombs were dropped an Paris, in an attempt to
wreck the Hiffel tower wireless station. The enemy failed, but
killed. a man and | his. daughter. and, damaged a number of houses,

‘The. Kaiser _ is-reported ill of ; ‘inflammation of the lungs, the
result of falling in & trench. ;
- Phe. German bombardment of Malines- ‘was, resumed yesterday.

“There: are unfounded reports, that the Bavarians i in the German
army are in & state. .of mutiny.

Jn the eastern: theater of war, the Russian ‘and German armies
are facing each other from Cracow to extreme Northeast -Prissia,
each awaiting its opportunity to attack. The Germans are being
reinforced at the rate of an army corps a day.
- The. Japanese are making progress: in ‘their attack. on “Tsing
Tau, which began on Saturday’ and continued yesterday.. Their |
-casualties so far are three hundred. Those of. the Germans are
unknown, © _ Chinese and Japanese. troops are fraternizing.

An Anglo-French fleet is in. the Adriatic,: hoping to get in
touch with the Austrian fleet, which is in hiding. a

The squadron of warships which is convoying the twenty-eight
troopships carrying the. Canadian army corps is: commanded by
Admiral Wernyss, in the flagship Charybdis.

Preparations are being made for the defence of Antwerp,
which expects an attack by the Germans, with siege guns,
‘Bighteen trainloads of wounded Germans from France passed
throvgh Aix la Chapelle i in four hours on Friday.

- The German ‘steamer Ossa, with wheat and barley valued at
$81,000, wes ‘captured and towed inl Falmouth yesterday. The
U. 8.“ateamer- Lorenzo and the Norwegian Thor were. captured
while in the act of coaling the German cruiser Carlsruhe.

/ Major-General Anderson, a popular commander in the Boer
“wat, is likely: ‘to command the Canadian expeditionary force.

The ‘King on Saturday reviewed. 150, 000 soldiers, art of

ON

Ottawa, : ‘Sept. 28:—The government haa. ‘extended. for six
months the order prohibiting the entrance. into British Columbia of.
all laborers and Chinese, .

’ Patis, - Sept.” 30:—Terrifie fighting continues along: the: tthe’ of
battle, The Germans, offering desperate. resistance, ‘are: ‘being |
sraduall forced back tothe north, =.
.Lon‘dn, Sept,’ 80; —Thé" speedy defeat, of the German forces in
North. eaatern France is predicted by. military. experts; -.

~The war is coating Germany $5,000,000: a day, sceoiding to

otherwise the positions of the opposing forces in the north oft.

The fightiniz |!

{is sweeping over Denmark and the North Sea, Great damage hag

THE MINER'S TELEGRAPHIC BULLETINS | TELL STORY OF GREAT WAR DAY BY: DAY.

‘Russians and Germans near ‘Lyck; which - has already lasted for.
séveral days without deciaive reault.

_ Buda Pesth, Austria, Sopt.80;—Cholera is epidemle a among the
soldiers, Fifteen new cages ara reported today in the hospital
‘here,

i. Tokyo, Japan, Rept. 80:—Hard fighting between Japanene
robe and Germana is in progresa in Kiau Chou. ..The Japanese
have ‘the advantage 80 far, ; oe

London, Oct, 1:—Official advices say the turning movement by
the Allies, north of Somme, is developing rapidly, There is no
change in the position of the center or right wing. German attacks
have been repulsed with losses, - The Allies have advanced at
several points, notably east of St. Mihiel. A special from’ “Nancy
states that the French troops have recaptured St. Mihiel, east of
Verdun, greatly relieving the: Pressure of the Germans in that
quarter, In this éngagement many prisoners were taken, includ.
ing the Crown Prince of:Bavaria, The Germans made a desperate
attempt to retake the prisoners, but failed,

Yesterday, the nineteenth day of the Battle of Aisne, witnessed
a continuance of the stupendous and decisive struggle | in the valley
of the Somme river. - 1.8

Confirmation of the report that the right wing of the German
forces. was broken and in flight'js lacking. Commentators. are
sceptical, zlthought they expect the breaking of the enemy’s right:
as only the natural result of the Allies’ great turning” movement.
The present status of the armies, as outlined in the official reports,
shows that the Allies have: pushed the invaders back until the
German right, wing is virtually at right angles to the rest of the
enemy’s lines, The fact that German headquarters admits-that |
the'great efforts ‘to throw back the pressure of the Allies proved
indecisive i is regarded here as most significant.

‘The ‘Germans bombarded Alost, setting the town on fire.
Fierce fighting continues at various points along the whole line’ of
contact. -

béen reinforced, are ateadily drawing their lines about : the
fortifications of Antwerp, and its investment is. probable, ‘Thus
far, 150,000 mén are engaged in the Antwerp triangle,

Anexchange of prisoners through the American ambassador
in London is planned by the belligerents,

Brussels has paid six ‘of the forty millions indemnity demanded
by Germany. The. mayor rémains in jail as hostage for payment,

. The German cruiser Emden is reported to have captured five
more British merchantmen in the Indian Ocean, =

‘The British cruisera Good Hope; Monmouth and Glasgow are
reported off Chile; on their way north,

Copenhagén, Oct.'1:—The heaviest pale within living memory

heen done all ‘alone. the German coast,

“Telegraphic . coniniunteation is: 3 interrupted. and. details are
Menger, A telephone message ‘from | the- west voast ‘uf dutland
ya bodies of German sailors were washed ‘nahore,

‘Rome, Oct. i:-—An- Italian torpedo , boat ia reported gunk by a:
maine between Venice and Comacchio, in the Adriatic Sea,

: Meetings held here of various Italian, /parliamentaty: groups
| diseased: the war situation and pasded ‘ resolutions ‘substantially 2
|endorsing the. government's neutral ‘attitide,‘on the itround that
? | conditions, of: neutrallty. entail sure protection of Italian’ interéati. “jf

As the cresult. of the. sinking ‘of Italian: fishing - bata: hear

| Anson bya Austrian n Hating mines; the Government hae iitenctad

- (@ontlnued on Page. Four) oun

= Previously acknowledged $127.50

In “Northern Belgium the enemy, who are reported to havelif.

St. Peter’s Church, . 25.00
Rev, John Field” + 20.00
GG. Rock, 2, : 3.00 .
J.C. K. Sealy : - 15.00
W. Buttke .  .  . | 100
A, G. Wrinch . . 5.00
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FUND GROWING

Good Sum Already Raised in
Hazelton for the Big —
Patriotic Fund

+

The people of Hazelton are
reaponding generously to the ap-
peal for funds to provide for
those dependent, on Canada’s
soldiers at the front. Qn Mon-
day the local committee began
its work, and during the week
obtained a large addition to the
fund. -Over $500 has been given
by, 94 subscribers, fifteen of
whom have agreed to make.
monthly payments which ‘will
amount to as much again. Fol-
lowing are the ‘additional ‘sub-
scriptions:

ments of the amounts oe
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