VOL. IV, NO: 22 © - HAZELTON, B.C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1915 PRICE $2.00 A YEAR | HELD ANNUAL MEETING At the Hospital, on Thursday evening, the patrons of the in- stitution, to the number of seven- ._ ty, held their -annual meeting, with R. §, Sargent i din. the .chair.. With many ‘sulogistic remarks concerning the management, tlie report for the year was adopted. new X-ray apparatus, and the _ re-election of R. §, Sargent as a “member of the advisdry board, the meeting ‘adjourned to take advantage of the hospitality of the staff, which included: an ex- eellent concert program in which the following participated:- Mrs. Hoskins, Mrs. Burrington, Mrs. McLean; Mrs, Hamblin, ‘Miss Freeman, Miss Hogan, Mr Phil- lips and Mr. Forster. ; The League Race - : - _ At Smithers, on Wednesday ; night, New Hazelton ‘won a league fixture from the home team by 2-0. Warner scored the first: goal for the winners in the fiyst minute’s. play, McDonell netting the other one in the sec- ond period. Smithers tried out _ Beyeral new mén, and the game was closely contested, heavy checking being very. prominent throughout, _ The loeal team 20 to” New. Hazelton tonight, for |.” | . what promises to be the. crucial | ‘game: of the season, If the lat- a - ter should win, it would give » them a:good fighting chance for] w - .° the eup, while the local playera ! een’ practically cinch the title by bringing -home a. victory, . Sup- porters of both teams are vonfi- dent of success, and a record)’ oe’ iiss be See . Following is the league - stand- - in to date: : co Won ; Lost a - Hazelton 4° °°0 i '- New. Hazelton 2. ' 2 : Smithers «- 0 4 - Game. tonight — Hazelion at . New Hazelton,’ -. Feb. 4, Smithers at Hazelton. Intermediate Hockey _ -‘In.a game that was very in- teresting - for the spectators, the Hazelton and New Hazelton in- ' --teymediate hockey teams battled. for supremacy on the local rink}. 7 last Monday night, . The: Hazel- a ton team proved to be too strong 5 for the visitors, the. final ‘tally , . reading 6-3. . Arrangement, are _ being made for a ‘return game’ at an early date, Following are the — teams: Hazelton: —-Rock, - Welch, Fuller, Hall, McKay, -...Q’Brien, - New Hazelton — Me- ’ Donald, - Ruddy, Wilson, Lof- - quist, Brewer, McDougall. -Ref- - eree, Hume;. Jndge of ploy, Al Hareis,,_ Death of Fr Heal - OE 6 many friends’ in the dis- ~ trlet. of-Mr.-Frad Heal—who. had - -omtensive | lntereata in the Bulkley. eae Valley—will be; -porry,to hear of his death last“ Sunday: at. Salis- ~biiry Plains, of pneumonia, Mr. : "Heal ‘was with the firat C dian After a demonstration of the| Searborough, .. the - growd-will go over for the game.: ther. losses, . london, Jan. GERMAN NAVAL LOSSES SEVERE GERMAN NA vy RECEI VES SERIOUS ° London, Jan: 80:=A: dcapateh from Petrograd dealing with the battle in Eastern Prussia;:says the ‘Russians. occupied Pillkallen after one day’s shelling.. The garrison suffered heavily before retiring, Of-a population of 6,006, only 300 women and child: ren and aged persons remained. The Germans have strong de-1i fences ‘from the north of the Mazurian lakes region to Tnster- burg, and along the Augerapp river, but they are comparatively weak farther northward to Tilsit, . A despatch to the Morning Post from Petrograd says ‘the Russians are steadily closing in on Insterburg (Hast Prussia) from the north, east and south- east. ” Tilsitis virtually. surround-. ed and the Russians there. are in a position to threaten the left line of Pillkallen-Lasdehnen. In the Carpathians, matters are go- ing entirely in favor of the Rus- sians.. An official government Messenger reports serious dis- turbances in Fivfngary’s army owing to a scarcity. of provisions. Conditions in the Carpathians are such that both sides are entrench- ing therngel ves i in the snow, as it is impossible to dig into the earth, ' Austria has sent on this des- perate move all that remains of her arrhy except the forces on the Servian frontier, on the Nida river (southern Russian Poland) and -in Bukowina, It now may be Seen clearly how valuable was the rapid Russian movement through Bukowina,. since it gave the Austrians no time to rest and reeruit their armies, This fresh Austrian advance was pre- SE TBACK IN § UNDA Y’S BATTLE pared hastily and before the forces were ready, and could not have been made at all but for the assistance of the German troops. Nevertheless, it ia view- ed quite seriously. — In Holland, from a German source—the reliability of whose information has been proved time after time during the war—comes word that ina naval battle on Bluecher, three other German ships were badly damaged. The largest of the German cruisers, the Derflinger, ‘suffered grave in- jury from fire, and is now being overhauled in Hamburg. The Seydiitz and Moltke, which both lie in Cuxhaven, are also in a Seriously damaged condition, More than two hundred wounded bluejackets have passed throuch Hamburg. The Bluecher was one of the vessels transferred from Kiel to Wilhelmshaven not long before the battle. wiug of ‘the German’s defending STORY OF THE GREAT WAR. TOLD DAY BY DAY ‘despatch — +0’ the “ites asserts ~‘London-Jan. 25:—An attempt by a German squadron to repeat the attack recently ‘made on and other British coast towns, “frustrated today “ by ‘the British, patrolling squadron, and in a running’ ‘fight, the German arinored cruiser Bleucher was sui and. two’ German battle’ cruisers were serlously damaged, ’ British © ships ‘suffered ‘only slightinjury.. So far ag is known only: 123 of the’ Bleucher’s crew of 885 were saved,- A battle also |: occurred between ‘the light eruis- ers and destroyers:accompanying the bigger ships, but. the: result of this engagement has: not, yet reached the Admiralty. ' The British were superior in shipS engaged, weight of armia- ments and speed, and the flight jot the-German zhips into a mine "| and ‘submarine ..infested field possibly.- saved. a cruiser of 15,550 tons’ displace- ment, and although commissioned in 1908, was completely re-rigged last year, She was‘ not. ‘elassed as a battle cruiser, but was in the next. class’ to ‘those formi- dable fighters. With her were the Deringer, Germany’s ‘latest ‘battle’ ¢ruiser, which had just left the ‘builder's |: hands, and: the battle cyuisers Seydlitz and Moltke, the latter a sister ship to the Goeben,. form- erly of the German but now of ihe Turkish fleet, ‘which was re- cently reported damaged’ by the Ruasians in the Black Sea. The British squadron was com- manded “by. Vice-Admiral - Sir David command. at the battle off Heligo- land last August, and consisted’ of the battle cruisers Tiger, Lion, Princess. ‘Royal, New Zealand and Indomitable, ging, Which; are! equal:te those of the Derflinger, the: only one of:-the ‘German -ships ‘that had better. that 11 inch gund. woe, Hartlepools |. them: from fur- : The Bleucher.-was |: -yeasel, ' ‘Beatty, : who was aldo in, ‘inoving The first three of. these cruisera.: mount: 18,4 dneh rad: Spring. that the Russians have sunk near Sinope, Asia Minor, the:steamer Georgios, on board of. which were sixteen aeroplanes, comprising the-entire Turkish aerial fleet. ‘Berlini---An official report of the naval fight in the North Sea, admits the loss of two battle cruisers: ~ Pending further. in- formation from the Admiralty, itis Hot:known whetlier the sec- ond. loss was caused by gun fire ‘or submarines, " Cairo:---Attempts were. made ‘to assassinate Field-Marshal Von der Goltz, at Constantinople, The field-marshal, with several officers, was fired upon and re- ported. hit, - Strained relations between Turkish and German ‘officers resulted in the death of]. a Turkish captain and the wound- ing’of a German colonel in a cafe disturbance i in Damascus, : London, Jan. 26: —A despatch to the Duily, Mail, from. Venice ‘gays itis reported there that an ‘Austrian -cruiser. has struck a mine near the Brioni Islands and ‘sunk, ; ‘Brioni Islands are at_ the month of: ‘the harbor of Pola, Austria’s naval base and arsenal. on, the Adriatic. Paris, Jan, 25:—Qfficial com- munication issued to-night, there is ‘nothing to report. | London, Jan. 24:—It. was: offi- cially. announced at the Admiral- ty. today.that the British armored ‘vessel. Viknor, hod been lost ‘off. Ireland with ‘all bands. The ‘it -wag.-atated,” either atruck amine or was foundered... -A:Petrograd despatch says, “It! ‘ig -Delieved In Petrograd. that. the German troops which have, been through. Hungary are: in-!. tende to oppose the Russian ad-| ‘vance in the: southern Carpath- ians, and the announcement that [they ware to: move against Servia ‘waa incorrect. . ‘possible, that. the. Germans could |G. It-ig not believed prepare An-army strong: enough. Paris!