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~ HAZELTON, ‘B C.,. SATURDAY, OCTOBER: 2, 1915

PRICE $2.00 A FRAR |

: ALLIES. TALS -
> $500,000,000 CREDIT

. French financial commission . has
-arranged for an American: credit

of $500, 000,000, to be granted on|.

_. joint 5 per cent government notes
which: will. be convertible ‘on

into bondsrunning fifteen ¢ or twen-

__ ty-years and. bearing 43. pet. cent
* “interest... os

‘Notwithatarding. pro- -German

antagonism, the j ‘issue’ will. prob-

ably. be -over: subseribed. ‘The

: Guggenheims: have taken $5,000, =

_vunrevealed,..has’ ubseribed ‘for
. thirty. millions. Bd .

“ . For i a ‘Disteict ‘Red Cross Branch

“The Hazelton district is. one of
-.. the. few .in.-Canada >with
'* branch of the Canadian Red Cross]
“-- and, -while spleridid. work for the
:- @alase “has been done’ here, -és-|'
pecially. by: the ladies of. the W.
Ajit has bein felt that-a tepu-
larly: chartered: Branch should be
organized, ‘to secure «the: best!
oo results. iy: keeping i in direct touch
-- with: héadquarters, web
- =DrlWrinch, who has been | ‘in.
. correspondence with the the Red.
Cross authorities: ‘for some: “time,
pieneres EBB ‘Teeolvads-the—necessary- -in-
te formation regarding organization.
of: branches, . and a meeting of
~ ‘those interested is ‘to be held in
the’ court: yoor at Hazelton at’:3
pam, ‘on. Wednenday next} Octo.
oe ber &..

Cross. Society i is open to men and
2, worhen - alice: and: jt ‘needs- the
help of all It is. ebfirely nori-
: sectarian,

‘ teer. aid-to the-sick’ and: wounded}:
of j armies in time of war.’ It
oo algo arranges. ‘the- forwarding . of
a8 parcels: -of food: nd: clothing to
he ‘prisoners of war.
' “AG the present, tine. the: Red!
my ‘Close Society is supplying. nearly
-900 hospitals in the British: Jales,
.. «, besides thoge nearer to:the scenes
of conflict. . This ' ‘gives. ‘a little
- “idea. ‘of. ‘the: magnitude “of: this
née volunteer movement, «.
‘Tt: ia “believed: that. Hazeton | :
ishes to-do. her | part. inthis’ ast
‘fully agehe has in furnishing men
for:the firing line. "Here ‘is ‘her
opportunity, ah

, ‘More Recurits Leave’: :

During the. week the folloviing
thave: left. Hazelton -and vicinity |

nite:
WwW

C ikivi ‘and Jimes Ritchie:
ints: were Me Merrick Harvey.-and

Can’! wa Heke navn

maturity, at'the holdera’ option, os

O0O'and a single subscriber, name}

~The : “membership: of- the: Red oe

[ta “work: ia‘ ity, furnish volun-|

night;

“Arras is reported, ‘Souches being

4 gaining Broun:

have - ‘assumed : “the” offensive in

for: active.aervica® with. various |:
lothier. J. A. Miller, |

ig the recruita-from Valley |"

tA WEEK OF sl

, “New York, ‘Oct. Oct.1:—The Anglo-|:

"Paris: New. ‘progress, “of the
‘Allied:: - troops in the. Givenchy

additional German machine guns
and prisoners in the. Chamgagne
region and ‘the stopping of a
German | ‘bombardment in. ‘the
- | Argonne - by, a French counter
offensive; : are: recorded | ine “the
French official communication: :

“London: 1
today - in- “the. situation on. "the
British” ‘front: in the western
theater: of: war, aocording: ‘to. -an
‘official report: trom. Sir: John
French, as follows:
“On the 29th. the enemy “made
| several attacks. onour positions
northivest of Hualloch:
fighting continued all aay, with
result that we niaintained all our.
positions except’ on the extréme |:
left, where the’ enemy gained 150):

. Severe

| wood. (Artois), the. capture of}

There Was Tio change!

yards of a trench; Our position
has been firmly consolidated.

Counter, attacks delivered
on the 30th reeavered alt but a
small portion of the’ trench lost.
| During the” ‘ast: seven daya our
aireraft ‘haye- been very active,

| Ported, Tn only: one of theta: was
a British machine worsted, |

-AGerman. machine was brought
down inside ourlines. | - ¥esterday.
attacks” were ‘inade on the railway
in the hostile. area.
dines. ar e known. to be damaged i in
fifteen’ different: places...
six . traing | were. par tly wrecked,
and the locométive sheds at Val-
lenciennes were set afire. Thus |.
considerable - interference ha re]
heen. caused to ‘the ‘German “rail.

_ The Tnain.

” Five or

road organization,

“Athens: “Bulgarien troops are

‘Sevenleen air combats are re-|

Balkans are, now regarded - ag
i certain, Bulgaria’ 8 aetion: Taaving |

“iI distriet.
a progress on the heights of La Fo-

15 FOR ALLIES”

GERMAN POS! TIONS TAKEN AND HELD
om - BULGARIA ‘LIKELY T0 JOIN ENEMY |

moving from Sofia in the direction
of the Servian frontier.
forces ‘are directed. towards the
Greek’ - border,
point of concentration is on the
Stourm river, southwest of Sofia,
the capital.

The principal

London: ” Hostilities in ‘the

iittle room: ‘for’ doubt.” “The En- :

eope with’ any attack ¢ on Greeee
or Servia. 7

Pro- German manifestations are
reported in Bulgarian ‘cities along
the Danube, and artillery.is being
massed on the Roumanian border,

“Paris: The latest official report
tells: of heavy: bombardment by
German -artilery. in’: the: Artois
The French haye made

«

lie, eaptaring manymachine guns: |

C MONDAY, SEPT. 27

“Alles Begin Drive.
Paris: "On the ‘western front
the British - and ° French have;
captured -in: two days more than |*
twenty thousand unwounded pris-
oners,: according’ to the French’
official communication: issued.last
“New: progress by the:
Freneh ‘troops’ ta .the north of |

stormed And captured, : In Cham=
pagne the: Allied’ forces are ‘still

- Big Gain by British
Landon: - : -British forces which |

. northwest of. Hulloch’ have been

British right, have been enabled.
|to: “make further. _pragress,, the}:
. atatement: gays. 26> aa
I.

| forest; 4g: also admitted by the

an | mans: were: tuken:.prisoners by |.
he French in a terrific battle}:

the French war. office...
troops: “penetrated: -the -: German:

PROGRESS OF THE GREAT WAR DAY BY DAY

‘captured, and the French on° the

Germans Admit. Reverse

‘Berlin: A repulse of a German
arniy division near. ‘Loos, to
the- northwest of Lens, with
considerable: casualties. and the
loss. OF matérial, is ‘admitted j in 4
Gérman. official © ‘eommunication
made ‘public: here’ “today... The
evacuation of ‘an advanced . Ger-
man position north’ of Perthes,.
between Rheims and the Argonne

war office.” me .
~ Huns’ Losses Heavy
Paris: More: than 12, 000 Ger.

esterday i in the Champagne dis:
viet of: France, according’ to-an
fficial statement issued. today by
French

“along a. front. of. ‘fifteen

“lelose™ “range: ‘bombarded German

e| strict neutrality.

pounding. Amsterdam” reports |:
all- hospitals in Belgium full of |
German wounded. .

Sy Warships Sheil Positions
‘London::- British warships, in

positions: ‘on. the. Belgian coast for
four hours'this morning, causing |.
great damage. A: joint aerial
attack was also inade by the Allies.

Russians Doing ‘Well -
-Petrograd:. The Russians con-
tinue on the offensive on a 260-
mile front. ‘and, have. captured
seven German: positions, taking:
humerous prisoners: - “Tn several |

places, Cossacks ‘have ‘cut’: Von ;
| Maekensen’ lines, . -

~ Austrians in Galicia ‘are’. tes
_| treating hefore the Ruasiana,

“Neutral, ‘Says B Buigaria
London: * An: official communi-
cation..from: the: “foverninent of
Bulgaria to the. governments’ of}
the: Allied : powers : today” states
that: ‘Bulgaria. haw’ ‘not: the slight-
est intention of aggression, but
it in: firmly: resolved. fe maintain

Other

tente powers are taking action to|-

~ | his: seaon’s. work. in the placer .
: district.

tation, of Raymond. Auriol’s, arm.

- |day, to.visit Mr. and - Mrs. Hog:
*. | Wins.”

LOCAL AND DISTRICT
“NEWS $ PARAGRAPHS

” Fire meeting 2 Tuesday evening. |
Frank Allen returned: from the .
coast on Thursday. .
'F,.M. O’Brien was up from
Skeena Crossing yesterday. —
- -§.d. Maytin returned on Thurs-
day from a week's visit to Prince
Rupert. “
M.. Stanley: and M. Gokis, of.
i Seattle, are looking over lands i in
ehia: vicinity. a
Dr. Kergin. was’ ‘up from Prinée.
Rupert during thé week, on: Bro;
fessional business,

Achighly successful Red Créss
tea was given on Tuesday by
| Mys, R. S. Sargent.

“Wm, Ware, manager of the
Hudson’ 8 Bay. store, has returned
‘from | a. vacation trip-to Victoria,
Mre."R.. B.. Allen, who recently.
underwent:.4 operation’ ‘at the...
Hospital, i is progicesingfavorably.. ;
: Dr, Badgeto, the-dentist, - “who:
hag been in Hazelton’ for a month;
returned toSmithers on Thursday, *
J. M. O’Brien, a Vancouver:
lumberman who has interests ‘in. -
this district, is here for a day dr: .
two. :
J..W. MacKendrick and F. A.
Hankin, . of the fisheries service,
returned this ‘week from” Babine :
Lake.” oe ; ‘
Peder’ Jensen, the Ingéniea~
pioneer, returned this week from:

- Chie? Constable Minty. jeft ‘or
the coast'on.. - Wednesday, taking
an ingané. prisoner to New West-
minster. a wt gee
Corn grown by R. G. Moueley. Ae

in Hazelton attracted much at-.- as ;
tention at Prince Rupert” fair, Loe
where it took first prize. —
Mrs, L. W.. ‘MeCandlish arrived |
from Nelson on- ‘Thursday to join.
her husband, who ison the local
staff of the Yukon ‘Telegraphs., oes
Injuries resulting from a gun
accident necessitated the ampu- —

He: WAS: ‘brought: to! “thé. Ho ital:
1 45

| Fived™ from: ‘Seal Cove. on Thure- . :

“Rov, -W.'S2'A,, Larter ig.
expected i in & few days, es
Had a Good Time |

A A aplendtd concert program and‘.
the choicest of refreshments | were: ;
features: of the ‘successful. “Dig
Social’? given in St. Andrew’s..
Hall last evening by the ladies of: :
tha: ‘Methodist Church.” Tha good -

| crowd which attended the enter-| ~~:
|tainment t  Bpent ans enjoyable.

an Mias Sealy ve serve,

r rosidence, “from 8 to

1b a in ne of ‘the Red: Croas:
Fond, aeyersone ‘welnsrng. :
It be. charged...