VOL. ,C NO. 1-1. PRINCE .GEQliGE.^BfelTISH COLUMBIA. SATUR& Y\ DECEMBER -Jl. 71915;; War 'News of the Week. "Large Number.Attend ing Held in Moose Hall and Enjoy Programme Provided . - Last Tuesday evening, in" the Moose Hall, on Fifth Avenue, the "annual meeting of the local farmers' institute was held. After the routine business of the organisation was disposed of the evening; was g.iven-over to the, enjoyment.of the excellent programme 'provided. Songs and orchestra numbers were given by Turin. —A'large Jtalian^expedi-*tion now is en route to Albania, according to advices received. . Price-Five Cents NSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL Paris, - Dei'eat of the 'Bulgar-ians on December 5th in attacks' on the French line at Abozarki, Demir-Kapu. and .Costmorino, is reported in a despatch from Athens to tbXHavas News Agency; Lausanne.-^The Germans* pro-pose in January tox make a des-f perate attack on the western j front, and to this end the Krupps 1 are working feverishly, 'to pre-V pare the'necessary big guns and material.' ' ¦ .; • '" ." ':'x .f Chicago.—The Chicago Herald local artistes and a most success- estimates '(ierrriany's orders for delivery aftertrje war; placed in America,: at $100,000,000, to be stored in Atlantic ports where, German merchant ships are* idle. The orders include cotton, wheat,; copper, lard, wool, farm machin-' er.v, and other products. ful and interesting evening rewarded the 'efforts of those in charge. - The directors elected were : C, \V. Moore, president; William B.e'lli^ secretary-treasurer; C. A. jjriskill, G:" Robins and N.: C. 4or-• i^nsen.- The first three named were re-elected fur another vear. Local Conservative Association Dance &: Concert Monday /Next Monday afternoon, at 2 p.m., in the Prince George Con- Near to LillooeL Provincial Items of Interest Valuable zinc mines are being developed Within a few miles of Vancouver. These'are located oh Lynn Creek. '•.;-¦ o . Prince Rupert. >—Messrs. Cunningham and Mclntyre left for Vancouver today after conferring "twice with fishermen. They promised an extension of the-herring fishing area,. The new London. —A* Turkish destroyer has been, torpedoed in the Sea of Marmora by a British submarine" according.to-ari announcement by the. British-Admiralty^/^ A supply steamer of 3000 tons According; • to advices which reached Mr. D'Arcy Tate, vice-president <*f the Pacific Grea£ Eastern Railway, at the present rate of progress in layin$*steel the track should reach Clinton within two weeks.xt)ne hundred and twenty of the 125 bridges servative fclub Rooms,.the annual between Lillooet"and Clinton have Former member of xthe British Cabinet who has re-^ Gently resigned so as to joihshis regiment in France. He i^Major of, the Oxford Yeomany. During the Boer War he was awarded medals ancl honors for bravery; •H Loans and Taxation voKe a Parent increase in meeting of the Central Conservative Association will be held. Delegates from, the diffjerent associations throughout tile, rid ing willftttend.and in the,evening a dance and concert kill be given in the Ritts-Kifer Hall in their honor. The programme will consist of dances, vocal selections and instrumental numbers, ¦• Kerr's orchestra1 will have charge of the music, and the i ladiel of the Red Cross Society { will serve supper-from twelve] till one o'clock. All members of the conservative association are urged to attend and bring their friends. Special efforts are being made to provide an evening's entertainment that will appeal;to all, antf the affair promises to be a success. No doubt Gladstone was right in insisting- that the greatest possible share of the costof^any war should &e>;raised by immediate and direct taxation rather than Lv loans. He argued that- war taxes area salutary cheek upon running to the latter point about! "the ambition and lust of;con-Christmas; Sir Richard^kcBridej quest that are inherent in. so will likely make a trip of.irispec'j many nations." Ambition and tion over the .line, when conhec- j lust of conquest are found main tion has been established with ly in the upper crust. A war Clinton. .; clique composed of titled persons. the military, caste, munition mak- already been built and the enddf the steel is at. present at Kelly Lake, about eleven- miles from Clinton. Trains will probably be Canadian Cavalry ToBe Re XZivte Election Considerable stir in civic election circles is being evidenced, these days, and those on the side lines are folding their arrns^a'nd putting on a grin in anticipation of t}ie expected funy/^Rather a \xeer way of looking at a'-matter . . i taxation it e importance, to a traordj^fwar taxes in the but the fact remains ture^;he (?ase must be imposed 9 'of such vital young city, that iri^he past, as perhaps elsewhere, there have been many situationslprpvocative of merriment. Just at present the political pot is beginning to simmer, and weMl know thequalityof the s.teyv.soon. ,- Levity aside, there has been ers and jingo editors would think very seriously before deciding for a war the main cost of which was tp'^ be thrown immediately __and directly upon their ,ow,n soci peace taxes; VThey are simply a system of meeting the cost of Avar by taxes levietTafterward. | To illustrate, tase^a citizen with a million dollars. Rv drastic war taxts the government may take outright a sixth or his "million dollars. Or'it may borrow his million dollars, giving him five per cent bonds which j Entitle him thereafter to dn Jfiftyjthousarid dollars a of the fund-.which the/fcovern-tnent raises -"By taxation. The certainty of an immediate treb-li n« of takatiertTupon a deolara- ling fta>c tion of*VJ«Mvould make power- fully£iaoMan .MpunteoV •Rifles and the.EortvG«a:rr^Horse, who are now. in Eftglijnd.^T.he •new brigade will bs^known as 'the CanadiiiirMounted KiflesBrig-ade. It will be under' the Command of; Col. A. E. Macdorinell, vwho will.,be, promoted to.the rank of\britfaditT-general. V\-rBri^-< ien. Macdonne.ll was in with regard to ciyic legislation, and we sincerely hope we are not -again about to witness petty fac-tfohal' controversy which -has? to the point at vvhichendUfance-^^uth* Fort Ceorge, between 2 and is'practicable, payment by war taxes rather than by peace_taxles 4 o'clotfk, Friday purse containing $20 and an express .___ ;; Will firMler kindly retur.if'Hianie is for the interest^of the people to A. M. Hanson, care of PoltfeStation at large." Loans, of course; in-1 South Fort~George. BRITISH FIRST AID HOSPITAL,. wiilip^approved. The commif-^ will recommend that a halibut boat rather than a survey steamer be employed to prospect for halibut banks off Prince Rupert. Restrictions on4he export of shell fish will likely be removed. \ ,. . It is announced* officially that the troopship. Saxonia has arrived at a port in England. She sailed from Canada on November 22nd, carrying the following .troops-*1 54th Battalion (BritishColumbia) 36 officers, 1.111 men; 58th Bat- December 3 ami 4. zone includes\fronr the nortrpend | arid four sajjifig^ vessels were also of Djundas Island to the soufth I ^^sttoy^d^hv the• submarine on end or^Ritt Is'land. They have wired Ottawa recommending the- extension; Assurances weie^gfy- eni that the restrictioni»'igovernv ing thenumber of/ltnes carried by trawlers wilKbe revised; also that the^uSe\,of gasoline boats /•¦ London.—Sir Edward Grey, secretary for foreign affairs, in- ' timated in the House of Commons this week that the British Government earnestly was considering meana:for blocking "German intrigue" in China generally and in the British.colonies in the. Far East and in the foreign concessions in China. . ¦ Sir Edward said that the dangerof (Jerman machinations was being seriously considered. » ——— . ^ Bucharest.-rDespatcjiies:/fr6m Bucharest say that Roumania has closed the Danube. to all foreign traffic "merely as a protective talion (Ontario) 40'officers, ], men; No. 1 Battery, 6 ojnt*efs, 110 men, one chaplain;^ K'ijvg Nicholas of Montenegro, Tearing that his nation will be over-run, has sent the treasure of his kingdom to Italy. A Announces London. -- Serbia's independence will never disappear as long as Russia has men able to shoulder guns. \^ This flat promise to Serbia hit been made by the Czar in Vtele-gram to Premfer Paschitz of Serr bia. A copy of the Czar's message was received yesterday, and it reads as follows : "Russia already has a plan to r/i«ii/ilfu F i*t* tave Serbia. In no case will CaSUaiiy UISIS. LRug8ia tolerate the disappearance of Serbia's independence,.'' T. M^Watson, statipri staff, mic candidate in civicrelection. ^|r. run in Ward 1/^ Prepctring War the G/T. P. will -be-all alder* /the coming1 Watson will N preparation of casualty proving to be miich more difficult in this than in former wars, because battleg take place over such'long froftts an^l are ex* tended over so much time. ?N Iri the British Army, as soon as possible after a battle is ended, the regiments concerned are paraded, often on the battle-field itself, -and the rolls called by the The names of those ^;worked i& the detriment of the! Georges since the first tree, was | cut down on, the different tovvn-sites. Djri'ijg a4ime of financial depression such asNve lhovv a>-e passing through, it behooves everypublic official or aspirantj for public office to sink private command of Lord Slrathcona-s j.grievan(ies for the good of the " \Vinnipeg when the war. ^j^ityj; vIf this is.:not, done Jp broke out, and \vent to the froiiI in charge of th^Strathconas. j nothing but misfortune'will re- sut. i.|!e Friser Fiver fer\v is -.still ei;ation,"dfS|iito the fac V dle of Dc'CM'nibnr is u in mji;. j -~ Don't .forget the^ big dance Moiidityi ! evening, Decembej 13th.: December I DECEMBER 23r& C One sholt we.ekifrom.iiext ThjTifeday^moving, at break] in tHe:Gity of K^inloops, provinlie^of: British in this- fwenti^th century df^hristi^n cj^niz^ hahgrnUn'4'noose ^ill ,snf^ but th8,life\ot gizafeh}CQv^rdrunie^sjustice is tempered wi^mer-xy ami th^deatli,penalty commuted.; Arrwaabout^to establish aibrri^ie precedent by taking the^ife¦ ot a Wman,^:nialter.^bw1guilty she may bT, and forwei ¦ stighiaXizenhe fair name. ojNnirprovince ? - If so, XTodjwty.bur depravity!r- '--v ^ v v'r". \ ¦¦-•• v . who do not answer are noted and sent to the headquarters of, th'e brigade to which the cegiment is attached. /- j "; The names of tihe wounded who have been sent^ to hospital by^the Royal Army Medical Corps are takeif and marked off on . special, forms. Even if .a soldier is^so seiriousljLwounded that hecannot give, details of himsi&l^the doctors, have no difficulty in discovering them from the ;i3fentity jdisc and i badge each soldier- carri AC *lS.v natpe forwarded to head^piarters. 1 A- certain ^amount of time . allowed fpj^tagglers to return to campjbefore theffajce renorted as missing and the^iists completed, ^hey are theifcabled to England, and checked^a^gain at the War Office^fro,m the regimental Wmch are kept there, limits of dead, woundc ing are published. ^ these badges tljart^the~ mes,oTthe-dead are>tfoted and Athens.—T)iat British transports landed several allied divisions at Saloniki on Sunday was announced rnent issued in an official state-here yesterday.-. A large quantity of artillery together with armored automobilea were hurried north. Special Counci Meetitig }0dto Pa^s By-Law. A special meeting of the ci£y council.was he\h in the city hall yesteraay forenoon fon the purpose of passing thejby^law nee-essary tp enable^the.city to secure ¦ $4000 l^f h^RV a $4, 000 loan^from g^iven t ing readings, apd at another eeting df tjieat meeting. ye in^glaSs houses ; bath in the .day tim WiCh. the police out" after apCv