Subscription: $1.50 a Year. VOL. PRINCE GEO^g jRlt;ijH7^0LU.litBIA; SAtlXRDAY,. NOVEMBER 6. 1915. Price Fivel-£ents MR, J. T. ROBINSON ~ VISITS PRINCE GEORGE. M r. " J. T. Robinson -cor serya^ tiye nomtneeqf this-.distrijeL for the next federal electidq,. has, been.a visitor during4he week. mt, Robinson accompanied by Mr. ^^meron,/manager of the kland Express Co., came up^the Cari.bpo^rpa'd all the way from Ashcrott by automobije, arriving ijnVPrince XJeorge lasl^Monday 'evening. Mr.i Robinson is^pay-ing a visit to the different parts of his-constituency in the north of £Ke .ridingv After spending Tuesday/ in the city helefrfo>H£ Vanderhoof, returning/fronx-fchat point on yesterday's framT^ Mr. Robinson was verV^niuch takeff up v?ith the appearance^or the . ro^ntfa bout Vanderhoof. lot of^-fine land there expects^to see that section of the'vajley develop into an important farming centre. List. ..Last Monday was the last day when voters ¦ could i apply If or j ^egistracion, .excepting in_ cases! where" the voters are -property! holders. These will have until j the end'of this month to register. A veryJ large voters' list is proof* blithe interest taken,.and it is exp'ee|ed that nearly a thousand, votes will be cast jat thejwjJtt civic.election^ '/. y^- 5 HERE J^fb THERE. m any doubt regard-e^future; of Canada after e war, lobks^ip this week's Sat-vy Evening^ost" and reacj ^fhe.Passing of Narrow Gawge" by A. C. Laut. , So great is the confidence o the Ford Automobile Company in the future of Canada, they have agreed to loan one million dollars if the Dominion government floats an isgue of bonds. • A meeting tpf the conservative association was held last night j in the new quarters secured for j to name "a single country in the j the use of the association in the! world for the freedom of which! ¦ .-•¦¦!¦;>¦¦¦* ,. i* Mr.«Lloyd George asks anyone j .party has triumphedifi Greece and former premier Venizelos has the support of the courvtpy. This may .mean Greece's participation in the ^yafin the near future. The Seamis ministry will step Mlown and out. Additional French Jtroops are being5 landed at Salonika, 1 : , ", ¦ ROME.—An official statement says that Austrian attacks have been repulsed along their line of advance. LONDdN.-^Good news comes from the Russian front. Theiraggressive movement; has in many places., ^been successful, from the Gulf of Riga to Rumania (the^Russiah armies; are hammering away at the Teu-toniOines. and in/many places they have met with great successes during the past few days, taking thousands of prisoners. French and British submarines are said to be active in the Sea o&JMamora. i l ^^PlfTROGRAD. — The communication received fronvthe war office follows ;, "Northjof Lake'Kanger the (•erm^Bsmade'a fruitless efforrto advance »In ?he region we^t\of Komarow^b^a bayonet attack, we ejected the enem^frpm^jtreiiches which for a long time have been disputed^by both iides. Skating Rink Nearly Finished. I [J()AR[) (jf j||iflf -CHANGES ITS J Prince George willjhave a fine skating/ rink this season. The owners are going ahead with the worlf jand will have1 everything in readiness for the opening of the skating season. 30 sixty-watt lights are being strung, arid these will give ample light for hockey playing. A grandstand -capable of seating 200 people is being built. ¦j, | War News of the Week. .The name of!the Fort George Board of Trade was changed to the Prince George Board of Trade at a meeting held [in the City Hall, last Tuesday evening." Considerable ^opposition to this change was in evidence on the part of the old .members of Ik organization, who claimed that, changing the name, was an urf-fair proceeding. However the motion to change the name was OTTAWA. — Canadian troops carried by a7 vote ?of 23 to 7. A" which have artfived'safely in iarge attendance of interested-England ahbard the troopships, members^ gave evidence, of the Saxonia. arid- Lapland inc 1 ud e.|jnterestrthat is being taken in drafts- 'for Lord St>athcona:'s ¦ tnig organization, and judging by Horse; 44th Battalion (Manitoba) the spirit of the meeting, good 36 officers and 1,115 men; draft jVesqlts can be expected fron\the [board in the future. The new jtion remains, unanswered. Armstrong Block, This, meeting I modern Prussia jjas was for the purpose of attending j ficed a single life ?•¦' to the appointment" of j several] officers to fill vacancies on the; board, sand also to provide an op-1 portunity for the conservatives I of thisjdistrict to meet Mr. Rob-j inson. The president; vice-president ano1 ¦¦secretaryof the association being away, thus leaving the association in an unorganized condition, it was considered best to appoint officers to fill the vacancies, temporarily at least, i Dr. Alward was. elected ] dent, J. T. Armstrong vice^pfesi dent, and C. Daniell^se^retary. A. were appoint«d^to fill on thie, executive. ever sacn-The ques-and will remain, Paper in will undoubtedly represent jaf I the next federal electit After spendinffsey^ral Prince (GeorKe^^aiid several daj iwd Robin-was most led to find go, farming land; Thejdahger to thp^ belligeren t nations .f rprti\ a protracted ^ai^ould'aHse probably notfrom bond issues but fi money became really arputul Fort Fraser. arpui son '.states "that ag m •eeably surgi ch excel stro y advises the &^6fea'mery 'in this w*rich will assure steady income benefit the city The' matter of^public buildings rer disposing « ^-a'ffairs connected "w^ usiness Was touched^oiSon, and the-local theassoci- conseryaUve associatipn advised ation's work, ^rfJ. T. Rofeinepn to maj^everyleffort to^agree •*•—^ site for a public building addressed tlwqieetirg. Mr.-JktbiTison^has been a citU the Yal^-Cariboo district many_years;-^HrG im der,the.redistribution>bW which gives the Cariboo^iistrict a member of its own,\he. is the first nominee for the new.riding. ¦ Mr-Robinson was suffering from a heavy colC but despite this fact he delivered a rriost^pleasing^nd ainihgL sues of: the day, the needs ojitjiis .nevr e used for post-office^ cus toms officexand- other purpose* connected *¦ with public affairs. Prince George is in line for such a building, and Mr. Robinson assured his hearers that -he would do all in his power to further the interests .of t|i€? citizens dt^ George in this; regard. ¦/. After speeding an hour inr discussing issues of importance and in social conversation the rrieet-^district anct its potential ing,adjourned. Mr. Robinson is a good ! % a M r. Robinson left for Quesnel 'speaker and has an.thorqughj>nis morning by boat^From knowledge of "the Subject-tk?\ there he will go-to Bark ervi lie political arid financial sitpcSon and expects to readh Kamloops lexistirig in the constituency5he, in about a wee]k>. worthless^i t' would as circulating issued Atlfeast paper currency as a FRENy SOLDIERS LIVE LI£E MOLES. le usual course, le example of France, the government was hard It had lately confiscated lands, owned by the church arid by the crown, converting them into national possessions;' so it issued four huMted^ m|J^I1^»,i fra»cs/ first lien^on to be redeemed out of the sale oi used by holders in purchasing public land. As the estimated value of the lands far exceeded the amount of the notes, that seemed safe enough but during- the next year the government needed more money and issued an additional eight hundred million francs of assign-ats, solemnly pledging itself to issue no more. The temptation ta _gej riioj^jnoney—-by simply starting up a printirigdpress was tpo great, however ' > , \ The goverrirrient Screed heavy penaltiesr-even the penalty of death ^ a "second convietion—for refusing to, exchangei gpld' for Duration Aff War. Balkans, men of the European war numbered Excludij militanr^age .v^vlats, the view of the ^ holes dug nVihe side, in which the their trenches are assignats, or^ch^rlng ^'greater price forgoodd when; pay merit was toJbreTnade in assignatsxhan ,- -j wheti itwas tolie made in -gold. J-But, as it kept onjissuing assign- i ^^^ were' futile. When the^amount reached twen-ty-fouiv^billion francs assignats one-tKirtietK^f their \ygot to forty- were virtually acevalue. When five billions they1 countries now at xwxriA seventy-five millions, eral Green, a retired army whose jruess is as good as anybody's, calculates from the best available information that up to October about, two millions had been k Hied, something over three and a half millions wounded, and rather over two and a quarter millions taken prisoners or missing • fronV/Other. causes, would maice a total eiprht rnillions. ^No aoubt a „ ^ wounded have recovered and returned to the.front We may say] roughly that the nations have used up about one-tenth of, their total theoretical figh'ting strength nearer to a one can now 4ee, than" thfey^wwe a year ago. That they can fight-two years for Mounted Rifles, 1 officer and 50 men; detail, 4 officers and 1(10 men. BUCHAREST. - A Russian transport fleet was sighted off Baleik on Sunday, it was learned yesterday. Destroyers and battleships escorted the flotilla. Approaching the Bulgarian port of Yariba, the transports dropped behind, and the warships began a bbnribarcirnent of the port. '/ MADRI1V-In spite or official denials of the possible steps in direction of^peace the rumor persists iri^certain quarters in- id^hat? Deenhma eaoy .overtures de by the Austrian ari^ German^gp^errwrfents with the view of openiinirpeaee nego tiations. In thw^^quarters the ideals presented that, given the poasi-ty of the failure of such ^negotiations, the Spanish government and' certain officials in Madrid have rmutu^ily. ajtreed[/xo deny more, if so minded, seems very probable. The will to fightinay become exhausted before either the men or the money. v '\ City CouncilMpets, There.will be ajmeeting of the city^ouncilrat the'Gity-HaH jiext Monday night"at^S o'clock. Ow^ ^tb t"Me>aDse,nee of different memljefs of the^ board,-it has that there'is-any foundation tot the rumors of peace negotiations. Alexandra I The claims. being the first buijdingv of any impor tance to b^fiinpshed with materK H\ other^han lumber." This fine new hotel is being finished with red brick and will present an attractive appearance. The grand opening wilt^take ¦ place before long>x i V .' . . I " ' worthless;^;Soine of themwere nnally,?edeerned at : seventieth of their face value. h the French nation' was as ever and been good ;. ' Dance is Success. The Hard,Times-|Ball givenJn the Rftts Kifer^Hali iast.Mon^ay i (was;,a .Aq6t successful beefv impossible to hold a meeting for some time. Mayor Gil-lett will return from Vanderhoof to-morrow morning, Aid. Eagel !s back from his visit,; and Aid. E. H; Li vinjfstone, the nimrod of the. city fathers, has returned from stalking the lordly moose. Considerable business has accumulated, all of which will receive attention. V • . Sir Frederick' Edward has been appointed - attorney-geri eral i i n -the-Briti8h ^coali tion government. ^x. i ' ' jnlove is more or less toblishv while a-mari is invariably more. industrial committee was appointed as follows: ^."McLaughlin, N. H. Wesley and F. P. Burden. This committee is probably the most important committee appointed. Their ^vork Jvilf consist of encouraging the development of. the^cttV as a commercial * much good will un-result from their centre doubtedly efforts. Contrary to reports circulated recently, there is a show at.the-Dreamland/^very night. Several persons have stated that shows are not eiven regularly. This s either a mis-statement or a mistake, and/the patrons of the theatreean rest assured that a, full show willBe given night/! WOkSE MEXtCQ; government re Hon that more than 5,000 Ttov have i n forma^ t i ans have been shot b^/the German authorities^ since they have: been occupying,Belgian territory. The most disturbed part? of baiv barous Mexico would be a better place to live than Belgium has been under the highly* organized rule of the autocracy. usurping, military improving George Street Great improvement is notice-. able this week on (Seorge Street. A layer of. gravel has been^pread the length of the street, arid, the old^unsightly holes filled up, ^ A little work with the grader would put-George iStreet in fine condition,: ready for the winter. When spring opens again the street wiH"riot be a mud puddle. . Majesty king george y. noon wasralrib8|i successful part of the day's.,, festivities, and the entertainment provided was much enjoyed ^by , a. large number of patrons. Considering' ¦ \' h ajr 4 times" tlie ladies are to be#con-i gratulated upon the success of affair. A nice .sum was CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. The new winter schedule of the (j. T.^R. gives only twobqats a week from Prince'Rupert, to Seattle, and from Seattle, Victoria: and Vancouver , to Prince Kupert. ^iThese boats will leave Prince Rupert at 9 a.m. Tuesdays and Saturdays. The boats will arrive from the,south at 9 a.m. Mondaj-3 and Thursdays. railroad th an increase in the gross earhi ligs of Can ada's three transcontinental railroads, things are not looking so badly in" circles at least ¦>v Serbia waai the excuse for war and will be one big reason for its finish. Her magnificent defence has won her 'the admiration-.oi Durinia: his recpnt visit to France. King George was injured by his horse rearing and falling with him. JByT great good fortune His Majesty 'a injuries were notserious.