te . ating: the: Rocher de. Boule mine, “2 VOL, NOs 62 "HAZELTON, 'B. GC, ‘Sati DRDAY, AUGUST 29, 1914 " PRICE 92, 00, A YEAR ; sPonse to'Appeal for: Canadian “one » Patriotic Fund“ a” _ “in response to an appeal from’ - the Duke’ of ‘Connaught;' & Cans- 2 thes ‘Dominion. *: Hazelton -is:al-|. _ ready responding to. ‘the call for = funda... Mra. Field, ‘president of .. - the Women’s 1 Auxiliary aririounc- OBE ‘that it. has. been decided that all: moneys ‘received: this: “year in intribations oy from the sale of ork’ will’ be ‘devoted, to the’ pa- oo trigtic, fund, in response the gov- "2. @rnox-general’s appeal.’ : The ‘ne- wee cessity - beirig:: great; Mrs. Field aN Arges. the. ‘Tadies of Hazelton and | “district « to: give willing: and: gen- | ~~, rou assistance in the work. : "The first. meeting of the We A. for: the- coming’ season will ‘be 7 held-at: the ‘Mission : “House - ‘on, eae ‘Thursday, Sept. 10. ; * ‘Superintendent F. w. Dosing re the. -goyernment telegraphe, , was in town on, Wednesday. “John G ‘Boyd, formerly H, B c. “the: embargo on. ‘export: lows, | as a oe atiniulus: ta the: logging ‘industry: of B.C. * There ' is'a great de. a mand. ‘for. logs. in. Washington “and Oregon.:: pe " view, that Austria ' ‘and | ‘Ger ‘i an “creeeive. faire pl: we ~ of their. property. has not been} “ qonbidered. Ce ae & oy Aa a result of t a conference be. “tween the government and :busi peas” and municipal. representa; : od of te Me ‘Cou, 7 TMAZELTON WL iELP | . W Women’s _Ausiliary ‘Takes Lead ‘i ‘in Re. : §. dian -patriotle fund has’ been es-|.. : tablished . ‘at ‘Ottawa, to ‘make ~ provision’ for those’ dependent ¢ on|- "mén who go to the front from | : ABanager here, has: sent his con-} wate gratulations | to the baseball boys]. -. fray Telegraph. Creeks: where he re “/? |the fighting at Mona,’ oe of a gavage race rand. were: mowed down - for a. time ag. vapidly: na i iro famine, being now on ‘hale rations. . ‘be “vinolal governinent hea: removed oa The Premier atated i in an, ‘inter: - :,non- -conmbatants in. : B. oC. will] fortified city. of. ig through on. the Franco-Luxemborg: frontier, and |’ ser at Monee - tives, forcoonaiteration of: the be . ; yim, cote Ss): ‘Antierp . has ¢ go far proved: impregnable ‘to ‘the German ‘ade : vanes, ‘and. the. Liege forts are still held by the Belgians... at an Tau. mi FLEET DEFE ATED IN NAVAL BATTLE ~ IMMENSE INVADING: BRI TSH TROOPS. WI THS TAND FURIOUS A TTA CK OF ARM Y ON BELGIAN BA TTLEFIELD if enemy's cruisers: ‘and? two. ‘torpedo-boat: destroyers -. German destroyers. were ¢ damaged i in the battle. of life was not heavy: “Lord: ‘Kitehener. atated i i Britain.” In addition to: ‘thede. reinforcements, he said, other troops. ‘are now on’ the- ‘way to the theater of war, Presumably referring ( to the oversead fortes," : ; woe! “The: Marquis of. Crewe, secretary of state for India, ‘announced | in’ ‘the" house’ of lords’ that . the. government would. employ nativé Indian*. Aroops, large ‘mumbers. of whom were airxious.to engage ite the. war. ‘Premier: ‘Asquith stated. ‘that | in. 1 -Weanesilay’ Ss ‘fighting the Bistich ‘troops | ‘were: exposed: to. the: attack of five German army. |. corps, aggregating. over twa hundred thousand, double the strength The battle took: place’ in the neighborhood ‘oft: ‘Cambrai ‘and: Lecetéau, :: of the Biitish forces, ; ‘The Idsses.on both sides were heavy. | Another. report Spys. twenty. Germans fell to one Britain lost, JA wounded officer i in Paris. eatimates. the German losses_in the: |}: having apparently. slackened. ‘thelr. advance, poste Tthe British’ forces: lost few men in comparison, with the Germans‘in} “The Germans fought ‘with the: ‘ingensibility }6 oa (s' vadinitted that.t ‘@ Russtane are making ining 1 progress | “Phey” algo ‘continue’ to advance. ‘with. rapidity: i in East Prussia, where: -they - have’ established | B ‘postal service, using Rugsian stamps. - organized t rett ett before: the Rossian { in nvaders. fortified. won, fee ‘The Belgian’ government ‘announces that ihe city of Lauran east of Brussels, : has: been. ‘burned by, the Germans. . ‘ After ‘three: weeks’ ‘resistaniee, . the: Germans: ‘have: taken ‘the|' rset Luxemburg, three. ‘million, strong, ~ The} on n the F French’ * Two Red Cross nurse were é shot ‘i: wilted by w ‘German offi- Vaneouver,’ “Aug: “DB: o~tVictoria’s coiitidigent, of -aix: hundred |men left Vancouver: today, to join: the Canadian foreé. at Valcartier, ~ Work. on’ “the: governmenit drydock at Prine Rupert, which j is ad to cost three. milion, has, ‘begun; ae "THE ‘MINER'S ‘WAR BULLETINS fener ‘and ‘from Mons: to Charleroi and Namur. ” re Britain and Belgium have for the first time assumed the offensive, and are facing the whole” German, army in: ‘Belgium. - No information’ as to the results of the great engagement hag -| been given, out... vt. is believed: the Germans have. approximately | half ‘a: million I Japan: ia. now-at; war: with Germany, according to at: 1 officiel deapateh: from. To yor. - + London, ‘Aus 29: ae is- J officially announced: that. the British im fleet engaged the German. fleet off. Heligoland, -ainking: three of the ‘Many other. bec. " ‘The British: loséi a hie of lords a that all gaps, in. inthe ¥ British army in “France were eing filled by fresh troops from Great} three: days’ ‘fighting ‘at ‘Charleroi, where - ‘they were. met by the British, at sixty thousand. - The Germans estimate. the British Iss in Belgiurh: to. date at ten’ ‘thousand: vo - Paris, ‘Aug. 29: ~The war department announces: that the sita: ation from Somme, to Vosges /s practically unchanged; ‘the Germans} “London? " Aug,’ “28; ceed “British” ‘offer, wounded at: - Meng, fiiys, a: ave in anger of - The German forees are reported to be in a dis-|. The country is un- |, .best British traditioris and holding its main position intact. - which is oper are "id “announced that in this battle the ‘allied troops of thins j n. engaged, the. Allies having about an im eaaal : ‘With: the dbject of.driving. the Germans out - {ofthe Chinese district of Kiau Chau, Japan. is teady to attike- ‘a blow Her naval: forces and ‘troops are en. route to the}: old. “The: gupéi-dregdnaught Kongom is about to] ; he: Tending of the Ja ene army wy Vancouver, Aur, 2A: ..-Over ‘one thousand British. Columbia ‘troops | left Vancouver on Saturday ‘for the assembly camp’ at Que- -’ The detachinant: included the: T2nd Highlanders; Irish: Ensi- ‘liers, ‘and the 104th New. ‘Westminster. ° ‘Over one thousand more will leave | on Wednesday, inclnding the Sixth regiment and the Vietoria contingent. © ue “Loridon, Aug. 2B: salt is: definitely: announced that a great bal tle has-been in ‘progress ‘in® Belgium. : The engagement’ began | on Saturday, continued | on Sunday. and Monday, and may last: several _[unore days. ‘Until the issue of the- battle is decided itis unlikely that there, ‘will be any ‘anthoritative announcement of definite]. a results, ‘ties, vials An. earlier despatch from Paris. atated that the battle continued call day yesterday with desperation, Both. Germans and Allies are ‘suffering’ serious: ‘Joases. , - The number of men. engaged on ‘each, side, a8 given in former ney despatehes, | is approximiately correct.: The Belgian army:is concentrated: at Antwerp. , Its. loses, ta date j in killed, wounded and Prisoners aggregate. ten thousand.. ;-. Namur and Liege forts are still holding out against the bebieg- ng ‘Germans. teontier of Germany. © ° Servians are reported to have won fi elgnal victory and are how penetrating “Austria oo ; Relations between. Italy and ‘Austria are severely strained, ‘and there is in many. quarters a ballet that Italy will soon be at the throat-of her former ally. i talinn army: is being inereased to *fatehough no official-nawa fa: given, out. : - * Reports ‘that the German, erown prince ' was stabbed ‘Uy: a Social: it bt Aix le Chapalle: “ara * ‘dented. = was ‘wounded in battle. res . British, : Frengh ‘and: ‘Russian, ‘warships, are. @. taking part with Japan inthe: movement against Tsing:Tai, thé. seaport 0 of Kiau| : Chau, the Chinese territory held by Germany. ; a ... London; Aug. 26:—Premier Asquith announced in ‘hie hovise| of, commons '.that Field Marshal “French estimated the British Toss and, wounded. stated. ‘Lord Kitchener, sbeaking i in the house of lords, for the first | The French, and. German. losses have: hot been ‘seriousness of the war, which would, he said, undoubtedly: strain ‘the forces of tha Empire,.and would: entail considerable sacrifices, No one could tell how.long the war ‘would last, but even if it con- ‘army in Belgium had been already for thirty-six hours in contact|! with a superior. force and had ‘behaved’ gallantly, maintaining the No further news of the great battle’ had‘ been received, _|available- forces to meet the German, advance along the Meuse river. “It is believed the Germans will,soon attack Antwerp, which i ia : held ‘by the main Belgian army ‘and is ‘atrongly fortified. A large foree of, Germansi ie ‘airrounded by. British and Belgidns foes ttacking Matines, southeast of Antwerp, were: re- "| pulaed after four-hours’ fighting... - A army. of thirty. thousand i is now attacking the: ‘city: re Soa . 2! William the Second, Emperor of Europe,” was ‘ingeribed. on. many. houses in Liege by the Germans. ” Brussels has ‘paid four. millions indemnity, out of forty Millions demanded by the’ Germans, .- Warships of the Allies déstroyed the. fortifications of Cattaro, the Austrian seaport: in Dalmatia. « The ‘Austrian commander, aur- rendered, © - Russians, ‘advancing in great force, have taken’ eight towns i in ‘Bastern’ Pruasia and. Galicia and are rapidly progressing, ey ‘The Emperor of Austria 1s reported to be dying. - ~ London,. ‘Alig. | 26:—-Berlin, despatehes | ‘gay ‘the’ Getmane’s : Frefich ftontigr in the hands of the Germans, oe on first contingent is to leave for the theater: “of wa | Corhpany’s An official: despatch. to Paris states that the French and British. " fforees, retired yesterday, -to their: covering positions, their plan of| ‘jattack on the German positions failing, owing, to unforeseen diffical- Russian troops continue to advance in vast numbers over the an ig aion, - en oo va “The Austrian’ emperor’ r] eondition in. atlll serious, it is reported, fim 8 “Phe ofheldl adcount is: ‘that het: “ na C rossing on’ Monday. dn. the great battle i in: Southwestern Belgium at two thousand killed time as minister of war, ‘warned the: lords, i in ‘general terms, of. the . tinued for three years; he would. hold his present post. The. British ; “General Joffre,’ commander ‘of the: French forces, has: orde ed |’ thé abandonment of occupied. German :territory, as he requires. all] .turned on Thursday ‘from atrip” |of inspection, over the - Bulkley ‘Valley roads, ‘| Groundhog’: Frank Jackson, ae ‘| Miner staff to go to the front, i is | trained at Vancouver: ast Satut tured 10,000 French, troopa and-150 gitnd-and claim'that Gereral| Joftre’s army is broken up, leaving the greater part: of the Belgian. -Ottaw Aug?’ 36:—A secorid: “expeditionary: fores + will: be ‘sent| £ TI Serer ELEVEN. HE IN COLLISION Admiral Sampion Sinks After, suing me ’, Princess. Victoria in Fog. Off. : _. Point No Point © : Seattle, Aug. 26: Eleven lives’ were lost, ~ including. Captain: Moore, when ‘the Pacific Alaska®: steamer “Admiral: ; Sampson gunk this morning, af- ter a collision with the C. P, RB. aleamer ‘Princess Victoria. _The vessels came together i in: a heavy ; ‘fog, off. Point No Point, at 6.80000 The Sampson, which ' was bound - for, Alaska, had 86 passengers . and a crew of 65. Eight of the * erew and. three | passengers were lost. “The Victoria, with a hole” in her how, proceeded to Seattle : with: the reacued. - Redistribution Hearing 9." Judges Macdonald and Morris-.._ cl on, commissioners on Tedistribu-: oe tion, held a sitting i in Hazelton. on Saturday evening, to aacettain vs the views of local men on tlie question of -an interior electoral district. It was strongly repres= ented that the western boundary - of the proposed new ‘district | should be the.-present limit of : | Omineca | mining. division, - ‘at | Copper river, the adoption of. the ‘mining divislon- ag an electoral: dlatrict being favored by all those. “ who appeared” ‘before the: ‘com- NEWS PARAGRAPHS” =~ OF TOCAL: ‘INTEREST: in town on Tuesday. . ‘B.-R, Jones was up: from Skee- JS. “Alieks is in from: Bighorn mountain, for. a day or. two. , G. W. Kerr and F. A Brewer: returned | on Tuesday. from a trip to Groundhog, ~ GLD. Maxwell waa down fron : First-Cabin for a few days, re- e " turning on Thursday. oo - Pp, ‘Corrigan i is in from .the:Bab- oh ine range. He says Henry. Bret= * ee zing has. an ‘excellent showing of " a galena. pee °§. At. Fletcher, a. “provincial auditor, was here this- week, for™ . the annual. inspection of the gov- ernment office’ = | we Road. Superintendent Carr ree a a . Ee with W. N. Jenking,. of Vancor--. i ver, left this week .for.a. trip to Le the Groundhor ‘coalfield. David Loughnan, who left t The « with: the Highlanders ; who.: ‘ens. iS ‘Yiaval: séeerviata 2 aba re the first: to on ‘to the: front: from Hazelton, ‘ara halal rectinits at