VOL. V, NO, 9°

' HAZELTON, B.-C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30; 1915

PRICE $2.00 A YEAR

WILL DEVELOP THE RED ROSE GROUP

The Red Rose p group on Rocher de Boule mountain, recently bond-

be added to the list: of working

properties i in the course of a few:

days. The Skeena ‘Copper Co., Ltd., is now heing incorporated to develop ‘the claims, and the work will be under the manage- ment--of Howard D, Thompson, an experienced mining man, who arrived from Edmonton yester- day and at once began prepara- tions for active operation. -

Mr, Thompson, who is well

known in the Slocan district,’

informed The Miner that he hoped to have half a dozen men at work next week, ‘as soon as supplies

. ean be taken up ‘to the property.

The cross-cut tunnel is to be con; tinued, and the stiperintendent yesterday purchased a supply of rails for the necessary track. He will make his first trip to the elaims today and will -make an inspection, before beginning work,

LATE TELEGRAPHIC. .

~__.NEWS DESPATCHES|,

"A great memorial ‘service for

- ‘Baith Cavell, the martyr-nurse,, : was held in St.. Paul’s, ‘London, |. yesterday, -

‘An i immense throng ‘attended.

‘King George ' wag injured while “inspecting troops’ ia France on

_ ‘Thursday. Hig horse, extited by

athe cheering, | rearéd and. fell.

The: King was bruised severely - and is confined, to.his bed.

. Six offirers of the: interned Kron Prinz Wil helm, who. escaped from. Norfolk on the yacht . Be- lipse,, had ‘their buceanéering voyage brought to an-end on Thurgday by the British cruiser Melbourne, which, captured the ‘Germans and. sank their Yacht, .

‘A. Yespateh ft from Ottawa today says Sir Charles Tupper,” ‘former Premier of ‘Canada, ig dead i in England, at, the age of 94,

‘Wm, Fortune, a “suspected foctpad, ‘was shot in Vancouver

- thia morning by. a detective. The wounded . man and two others

“held up and robbed two Jaips. Fortune. tried to. escape after ‘arrest. no ‘

. Four: Months for Indian. +,

* - ‘ Tn the polica court this morning “Peta ‘Angus; -an.Indian, was aén-

‘teneed: to four, ‘months: in the

lockup for. breaking. the windéw -30f:a-cabin in, New:Hazelton:: ‘On

a charge af housebreaking, he

Was remanded until Monday,: The

‘police: believé-Angus has’ be

‘vésponsible: for: several the: He

‘| Russians

‘ed i in Petrograd, not only to the

{in Russia has-been bought at-the

| soldiers wounded, says a despatch

ti destroyed the’ railwhy,station and} | din with the!

EN ENY'S GREAT LOSS IN. RUSSIA

GERMAN ADVANCE DEARLY PURCHASED

ed by Edmonton capitalists, will

-=- SITUA TION. IN SERVIA IS; CRITICAL

London; “ Accounts have réached here,”” says a Reuter’s despatch from Petrograd, “of a spectacular fight on ‘the island of Daien,:in the Dvina river, a few. miles south of Riga, whither -the lured ‘the Germans, ‘install themselves ‘before heginning a bombardment from- both sides. Spectators saw the river. choked with German ‘corpses and ‘stated that the German forces had been almost wiped out.!” -

allowing them time to

The failure of the Germans tol’.

take Dvinsk and Riga is attribut-

difficult nature of the heavily wooded country, which prohibits |: mass movements of troops, but! ‘to: a German shortage’ of, ammmu- nition, which i is said to becoming critical. :

“Petrograd: Germany’s-advance

greatest cost, A recent army order issued by the comimander of one of the Russian armies reads; ~~ _

“Five months of strenuous work has # been wort kecom-

; between Oet. ‘Band 2B: vn

plished by us. We took 2,517 officers and 100, 892 soldiers ag prisoners and captured’ 67 guns and 445 machine guns.

“This is the report of only one Ruséian : army. ‘Altogether. Ger- many lost in September . alone 800,000 in’ killed, “wounded and

prisoners. and” ‘Austria 250. 000.

Thesefigures include 80, 000. prig-

oners.: -The armies-of Von Mac-

‘kengen and Prince’ Leopoid lost

50,000 drowned or suffocated i in the Pinsle marshes,

London: Phe Liverpoo! Post publishes alist of twenty Germdn ships, .. aggregating more than 38,000. tonnage, sunk. by British submarines ~” “ity, the’ Baltic Sea

‘London: A despatch to the Exchange ‘Telegraph Co., ‘SaY8:

“It is learned from a ‘good source, that the F French, “afloy a three days’ fight,- have oceupied Strumnitza and advanced 82 kilo- meters. (about 20 miles) ‘into Bul- arian tenstory, The Bulgarians

"| lost heavily,??:

“Copenhasten? "Rist is about to begin an, offensive against

. foulé. -

Bulgaria, ‘A large army of Rus- sians has embarked at Odessa to invade Ferdinand’s Black | Sea coast, which, ig defended by Ger- man troops: A strong squadron

of warships is conveying the

Htranspurts,

- Paris: - Joffre’ Ss ‘forces have made additional progress at Bois- |:

es were captured yesterday . -and j, many prisoners were taken. ' “ JA violent attack by the’ enemy | in the: district. of Souchez* was ‘Yepulsed ' with loss. oo a “ The French have advanced on a 150-meter front in Champagne,

“London : The position of Ser- |" 'via'is daily becoming more diffi- Although ‘French. forces

have invaded. Bulgaria on the},

‘| southeast; the troops of the latter

threaten Nish and in the north

the ‘Austro- Germans are opening

the ‘way. towards the . great ar- senal of Kraguyevatz, oo

Washington: Secretary 1 Ban: sing will ‘inform the’ German government that the torpedoing of the Hesperian. by.a submarine

has bee: proved. .

- PROGRESS. OF THE GREAT WAR DAY. BY DAY

( | "HONDAY, OCT.25 J

Bombardment. Successfull -

London: The bombardment of Dede - Agach, Bulgaria, _ caused the death of ten civilians and over.one thousand soldiers, and also there were latge. numbers of

to the Exchange. ‘Telegraph. Co., from Athens, A large, portion of. the military casualties, the correspondent adda, . Were in. the barracks which: housed the Forti-|; eth. Butgarian - regiment, : The barracks - were ‘crowded: with soldiers,’ ‘who: -were preparing for|. their. mid- day: ‘meal, when the bombardment, was. opened. at one o'clock with . accurately®. ‘aimed: shells, which demolished the bar~|™ racks, burying the oceupants in the ruins, | .

‘THE. troops engaged i in ‘digging trenches’ ‘around: ° “Dede. » Agach algo sustained very “Heavy” losses during the bombardnehe: *. Fires | Caused, by ; the: exploding shells |-

buildings,

stown, -part.«

docks and much shipping, doing enormous damage. ; It is said that’ the entire loss from the bombardment, which lasted four

hours, will be. geveral : million

pounds sterling. ’

‘The correspondent. says the bombardment - was directed. by deroplanes, whith flew over the

‘Twenty warships | took _ Bulgarians are now pre- paring defences. on surrounding mountains, .,

‘Porto Lagos was bombarded by eight warships on-T huraday and again on Friday. =~

| German Cruiser Sunk

Petrograd: A British submar- ine, operating near Libau, sank a German cruiserof. the Prince |” Adalbert ‘class, “ gecording’ to ‘an official. ‘announcement leat. night, |"

The Prinea« Adalbert-i id an. ar- mored cruiser 898: feet in’ length, and with a- displacement of 8,858

tons." She carries: A crew. of, B87 5 mens Se sgh es ‘Freinco-Servian. Succed_

‘Paria: “A brillant success was gained: by ihe | ‘Frenah: fordes: in Seryia.. Yesterday,

guns, were taken. -.

turned the flank of three. Bulgar- ian’ columns while the Servians attacked in front, causing the Bulgars to retreat. The French and Servian forces effected, a

-| junction at Krivolsk, . Bulgarians

suffered heavy losses, -Four

It’ is now believed the Auatro- Germans will not resume their

offensive against Servia until able].

to effect a junction with the Bul- garians. Authorities. -mairitain the engagement demonstrated the inferlority of the Bulgarians to tHe seasoned troops of France

and England. .

A. profound impression. “hal been created in Greece by the success of the French movement,

; Other War News...

‘Paris . (official}: A>. ‘German | salient of one. mile, i in the Cham- pagne district, was captured ° by French troops on Sunday.” **

Berne: General Joubert, the Boer. léader, ‘is on his way to Saloniki, ‘where he’ Proposes. to

7 foin, the Allied, fovea, ~ as

Rome: .

[Palen ‘troops’ in: “Austria are

Continued, on, n Page Four :

en-Hache, where German trench- ;

LOCAL AND DISTRICT

Co., was here on’ Monday.

George A. Kerr arrived from Prince. Rupert on Monday.

* Indiaw Agent Loring has gone to Victoria for a couple of weeks,

eee

‘LL. T.- Kenney returned from Smithers ‘on Wednesday and left

‘Tharsday for his new station at

Eighth Cabin.

—_

Dr, Wrinch. has a “display 0 of.

of the Up-to-Date Drugstore. ._ _—

on Thursdsy from a trip. to Ba- bine, where Mr, | ‘Birchall, was engaged on fisheries ‘business.

R. Cunningham | & ‘Son, ‘Lid, arrived from Port Essington : On Thursday’s train, and-will spend a few daysintown,: —

‘James May, the popular old: ‘timer, who is one of the very few received many

placer ‘mines, |

the attainment of | his: eighty.

third year. --:

many, friends, °

Well-Known ‘Railroader Killed

| ,An a rear-end collision which oceurred yesterday, near Mile 43 ‘from Prince Rupert, Train Agent

Tippen, of the way freight, was killed, . The engineer of a fish train, which crashed into ‘the caboose of the freight, was also

A Assailant Committed « George Lapointe appeared ‘be- fore Magistrate Hoskins ‘on a

election on Thursday. next, when court will be held here, ae

- Red Cross Social

cents for each person, invited, a

-Further.successes for] '. |

NEWS PARAGRAPHS

R. A. Grant, of. the P. Burns |

Mr. and Mrs. Birchall returned .

RG. Camningham,, head’ ‘of

‘surviving pioneers of the Cariboo: Lo

congratulations on ‘Thursday, on:

Inspector T G. Wynn, formerly 7 ".lehief ‘constable here, and.” now deputy head of . ‘the - provincial. - police. force,- arrived on Thursday , ‘on: ‘his annual tour of inspection, ~ ‘He’ was warmly greeted by. his.

killed, according to reports re- ceived, here, a .

charge ,of felonious- assault; in— connection with the wounding of

an Indian woman last week, He was committed for trial and: will: appear before Judge Young, for’

“On: the: evetiing ‘of “Friday, ~ November’: 5, :the: Misses Grant : will give’a aocial. from 8:80,-at' : their’ home,’ at a charge. ‘of 25.7 Allegre

mammoth vegetables from the .— Hospital garden, in the window .~ -