VOL. I, No. 6 GEORGE,jBr C.^SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1914. .TEN CENTS 1 GOPY- ., Joffre-SIiows What Can Be'Effected by a Massed Artillery Fire on Enemy *^y»enches--Terrible Demonstration Given Shows What Modern Guns Can Do Pans, Dec. 25.—General Joffre, the French commander in-chief, said Jo -Colonels I^natreffimd Yarcte-Bu.ll«.r, Bussia and English.military, attaches tit "field headquarters of th French army three 6r_four, days a^o: ' "Come with me and you Will see something nelephonieally,o the IJOO pieces opened^a sustained fire on the German works and spaces just beyond them. After a- quarter, of. an i hour the French infantry charged. Not: a hostile shot met them. Not a bayp-f net point was seen over the edge of the trenches, now actually torn to pieces as. though by gigantic plow-shares.. The dead and. wounded men Jittered the line where the trenches GERMAN AEROPLANE? DROPS BOMB IN DOVER had formerly been. The few alive |« were struggling- to free ' themselvesfi, from heups of earth. Those whflChad ' , London, Dec. ' 25.-—A hostile aeroplane, dropped bombs-^over Dover (oday^ and then disap. p>ared,._according; to a state- • mt'nt made this afternoon ^according to the official press bu Ht reau. The text of the Htatement follows: "An aeroplane of the tried to run were caught-in'a horribleU . "nen!y d™^' a b°/l}b whHe spraj of shrapnel shell in "the rear1 ^ pa88in« OVcr Dover thl8 morn-. of the German trenches./Probably not a man defending that part of the line escaped; d1. Jfi. RUSSIANS CAPTURE X 0. MEN AND'OUNS Aufitrians Defeated by^Hussians, Who - Annihilated Whole Companies i •;< '" ' W ... ' \- • -. • , - Petrograd^Dec. 25.—A statement;"* issued by^he official press' bureau, to- * "day regarding the fighting along the-j* Russian^front says: "On the left bank j * the Tilika obstinate fighting corf-T* tinues in the region of Je.sscszee arid j -Roghowawalia,__about. -six miles> west of Noweniisato on the right bank of the Pilka. We in the vicinity,of Opoczno, and to"M zow in Galacia. Our success cdntMfues> ^.south ,of the Vistula. We captured during the 20th and 2lstrfrfT officers ,arid 5600 ..men, "three cannon and ten Mitrailleuses. Jn. thr Carpathians, whilst pursuing tb^ Austrians, we captured on Decemoer 22nd 30 officers ing. The missile fell in a garden and exploded, but no damage was done. The aeroplane was seen for a few seconds only. It left immediately, passing put over the sea. A British air craft went up, but did not see the enemy again, as 'the' weather was cloudy and foggy/ This German raid from the air on Dover is the .fins^/n^'s of an authentic character of any hos* tile air craft visiting Great Britain. AUSTRIAN SUBMARINES ATTACK FRENCH Austrian »nd about 150fr men. "Near Proem'ysl ........ Submarine <_, Cr^teer, Bui X^/UainaKe . Paris^Dec. communication isatfed by \Yuf French minister of marine says: "An Austrian 3\> (v/jX torpedoes at French^rmored cruisers in the Strait of CKranto. One'' of the torpedoes ex- fa {£rward in one of the cruisl tfut the damage done to the ves- was uninportant. None of the J»e Austrian^ attempted a new- ad-j|»nce, dumig which several of thejr ;;j&mpa&ies were completely annihHat- p.^Jther advancing corhpanie/ were: crew >vas injured. The Gulf of Otran-e prisoners. In this^ffair we tois jn the Adriatic at the. southern eized about seven mjJe's of railway' en(j 'leading into the cityv, rAUSTRIAr EXPLAINS MfEAT; BY SERVIANS CAPTURE OF LODZ > . „ WAS TURNING P£INT German Com mahder cSays TKib Necessitated Russian Retreat Lodz, Russian Poland, Dec. 25.— Appears to. Be a Case of "Warm 1,1 p \Another Commander-in-Chief London, Dec. 25.—Reuter's Vienna. |correspondent-says." aVi official com- The capture .of, Lodz, according to a fmunication issued" in Vienna explains declaration made today by 'General the reason, for the defeat of the Aus- Von Hehderjburg, a G'erman. command-trians by the Servians and announces or, to a correspondent of the associat- thaf Field Marshall- Oscnr Piotorek, Austrian commander-in-chief, has been, superseded by Archduke Eugene. BERLIN REPORTS VICTORIES ALSO i ed press,,was.the turning point of the campaign in Polarid.yfTne' Russian lines in northern Poland relied on this city for .possession of. which there occurred'the most bitter struggle^n .the history of the entire \var at this front. Report Everybody v WinB-f^Gerntans Victorious Offensive Berlin, Dec.25.—(Official statement issued by German general headquarters' staff): '-'The enemy did not renew their attack in the neighborhood of Nteupprt yesterday.' At Bixchoote •we took ^30 prisoners on December 22. The cnemywas ugnin active^lh the niMKhborhdbd of¦ Challons, and infantry attacks followed by'fierce artil- ' After the Russians, following; a/most obstinate -resistance, on their/.part, were forced to evacuate the town, the general Russian retreat in the^direc-tion of Warsaw became necessary. ALBERTA ENACTS TO X' HELP UNEMPLOYED Provincial Cabinet of Alberta Passes Grants to Larger,Cities '-' Edmonton, Alt'a., Dec. 25.--Pr'bmpt IJery attacks were made by the enemy : measures for the relief of unemploy-"in the region of Souain and Parties. J ment-|n thc cities of .Alberta wcrV> These were repulsed. • The trcncnes j taken at the meeting of the prdvrri-were keptu nder continuous artillery | cjaj Cabinet council this morning. In , fire" and were lost by us^, but were re- Tco-nnectibn with the. request of .the .captured, and the position' was abar\- ] c|tjes of Calgary, Lethbridge, Medi done.d after this sliccess, because parts of the trenches -had been completely More cine Hat and Edmonton, the provincial cabinet decided that grants should be made To the cities of>Calgary and Ed- • levelled by> the- enemy's fir.o. than 100 prisoners were left hands. '¦; :. : In the east we.Ji'af!e asumed ,fensive and are advancing from WeU" j ofLgtlhbrge denburg and SelOan.'In eastern Prus-! the-meeting of representatives of va-9i h ld the Russians af- i '^h mbled herdyes INTEREST REVIVING IN I FLOODS "I "CARIBQO GOLDMINES j Philadelphia Man «. Takes Opt ion on j Santa Cruz River Goes on Disastrous Barkerville Placer Properties Rampage—Heavy Damage Mr. F. Howard Skinner, of--JPhila- Tucson, Ariz., Dec.'25.—The Santa delphia, PaV, w.ho was a visitor.^ere. ^rtlz River, heretofore called "riyer' & week, has taken options on some] by courtesy of capmakers,,is on its , . . ". ¦ ¦-.¦,.¦ *¦. -1 worst rampage of this generation. The valuable hydraulic properties on An^j oraina^bed of the Santa Cruz River ler Creek,, in the. Barkervilie mining] is dry, and the San Pedro River, west district. Mr..Skinner came here to of Bisbee. Ariz., is a stre*am nearly a smile wide, and other streams i investigate mining- possibilities. . ;. . The opening up nf the placer fiell mentioned means much far the prov- swbllen an proportion. .The railway tracks haye,, fcfeen washed out "and buildings flooded or carried away and ince of British Columbia, and there; is ! property damaged to ' the. extent of but little doubt'that-the development! thousands of dollars'as the result" of of these proper-ties .under the present seven days' rain throughout southern economical conditions will result in a [.Arizona. National Guardsmen return-large production of placer gold. /-"We. today to Tucs n', confirm the report may/look forward to a-field almost; °f the drowning of two Mexicans who equal to that of the Yukon, as rail-! have been found drowned in .the Santa road transportation advances, for both; K'ruz River at Sanabarita. The "mili-fields, in past history, are similar in J tai7 authorities say that it is reported point of good production. In the Yukon the jirst gold Lthat moreiives have been lost in.other was I flooded districts. "Reports early today from B'isbee state that further rain during the night threatens to increase produced by the individual miner, who had a small clairn and "became fabulously rich,' and-with the passing! ^e property awayXof 'the individual miner came J Pa.cifio^riassengef'traTn at>M:arion was the^.inrruxx of large capital with the I stalled for 36 hours^^ at Otero'between dfedging and hydraulic process, and! Tucson and Nogales, after temporary-the result Jn dividends, was even great-,, track repairs had been-made for 44 er than those pf the preceding age. ! hours. PagscTrigers on this train wer;e The Barkerville miningsdistrict is;' whhqujxfood. They.were finally gi^en now .entering upon its second; i?tage. I food'and shelter after making- theii^ Us'.hitherto remoteness fromxrailway^'wf^y to a^ranch house. Noquajes is transportation has.,held, progression , st'H isolated toda'y frorn'-connnunicar abeyance, y ' •./' VK ! t>O1) with'" surrounding tjpwns. Last seasons cleanup by some of the ! Barkery-tile hydraulic mines, the own-| ers jjf-which equipped their properties I b^/machinery shipped; over the -old \ ¦ariboo trail, is beginning to wake | Jeople up as to what the opening, up of this section means pf railway transportation. It is- true that these- mines ^are a considerable distance from th^city of j JOE. MARTIN WOULD BE MAYOK / • .K)SEPH -Edmonton,xt)ec. 25.—Joseph A. Clarke, aWerman of this city," was •^l A j i Dawns here today on four charges of with the advent -J£ ¦ ue • j i ^ <^i.- * * ^ .. . ^conspiracy preferred by Chief of Po- lice George.'Hill. '¦ ¦ ' ' Yince George, but' it musj^oe remem-that the minns^triat made the' B. C, Dec. 2,5.,—Joseph freat city of Spo^k^ne,^Washington, Martin, M.P.: for St. Pancras. London, i ^i were quite istant from that England, has definitely announced his- Her ^ ^ g, y )lace, and there seems to be no reason "candidature fo,r the mayoralty. Qther why, up4er similar conditions, our candidates are L.. U, .taylbr,<^. . S. jenefit^shoula not be almost as great;;- Douglas and Mayor ^ Sertiot Member for Caribcfo Declares Se John A. Fraser, M.P.P., ISpfomffi^ His Opinion—He Will Take a Hand in Rioting Matter —^Here on January -10th factor has appeared- in the station site Cariboo, question 'horoAn the person of the senitfr niembeN^f" Mr.' ,T«hn>rV?Frasoi\ M;L.A; . -X.-¦.• ^—'-,- > TJhk is .the/news conveyed tpxTlie.Post this w.'efekJ)v W^F.'.Cookje,. president of the Northern Lumber and Me F..Cookje,. pesden th orthern Lumbe and Mer^an- Company, Ijtd!, of Sout-h. 'Fort Goor^e." In an' interview with Mr. Gooke, who returned on Monday eveni'ttg frqm a.busi-ft(?ss visit to Qviesnel.i^G lOani;-tlrat there-is as much inditfiia-ipn expressod;at tliaf place against the decision of"tile railway cominission as tlu^re wasJu're..The q'uestio1n~tloes hot-niaki^. any lifference. to tkeir interests, but because they know that tlie lebision is'Vfonj?. tlioir confidence in the Railway Comriussibii s shaken,^jinre-'f ports given out at Berlin and yipnna are obviously prepared to bear'on the / people, and to" put thg^es^ face on-C let, Showing^Surveyed, Lands That Are. Vacant Victoi C, Dec. 22.—"Surveyed Landt for Settlers" is the title of^an titeresting pamphlet just issued by the Department of Lands. It holds two maps indicating the surveyed o some of these lands the new railways, where thousands of pre-ernp- ions await the settler. Withirt'the- een led/to beheve/that the Russians new. portion of British .Columbia there are 2,292,127 acres of surveyed lands awaiting- the pre-emptor. With respect o some of these lands thenew rail< ways pass through them,-but all-^of he;,lands, ^xcept 128,000,Acres in the 'eace River, may'^be described as reasonably accessible, as will be seen by a glance at the a'ccompanying>maps. line of the Grand^runk Paofif, from Tete Jaune Cache to the iacific"Coast, is/roLinc| the--greatest extent of ^agricultural lands .-in the province. Triese lands ^are under the things for consumption^by neutral states. In this particular case.v'it is highly significant to1 find the-"French war office ^confirming and even gojng beyond seerhin^gly extra victory claims of the Teutonic camp./ The world has were prepared to/make the last stand on Bzara and Rawl^a, in frorit .of Warsaw. The Russian statement from Pe-trograd, saj's: "The , -ehtrenchments have been carefully.¦"eohstnicted,. arid • the topography is all on the">ide of the'^defense."" Now Paris relates, how the German' army corps, directly-tin-der the^great MarshalkVon Hinden1 burg' have succeeded in piercing the Russian defense on Bjura, between the Zacha~zo,\v and the point farther north, where it flows^into the .Vistula. They" Kave reached Rawat Cailmow, and administration of Pr.o.vificial Commis-j h^ve pushed-.jip to it eas^through sioneri1' stationed .at Prince George, | Skierpiewla. In fact, they are"but^25 Fort Fraser, Hazelton and-Prihce Ru-; miles f^m Warsaw, and according to pert. GoQd ''lands, a very fay.orable \the .-account, "going strong." climatev'and first-class railway trans-li - ; ! ' portation coupJed with a policy of .free--FRENCH OFFICIAL ands for settlers, have, already com- ,<>!>K; STATEMENT GOOD menced the work of transforming this f tg . . ^ portion of the province into a series of Slow, But;Sure, Gains Atohg West 3romising..^agricultura 1 settlements., with pretentious -.townsites at each of the local centres. .Paris, Dec.;2'5:—Trie-French war During the past two y/?ars there,^'ere I fice this afternoon gave^out jin ofn-jjsued out of.:thefour offices already). mentioned 3,643 .pre-emption records, • he^'figures for the year' 1913 being ,680 records, and 1,963 'for the year 914. They become •interesting by com- . in that the records issued out cial rePort says: Hanson, of these four offices for the. year j.913 the Germans have maintained them> exceed the dumber of-records is- \ selves in two Rositio»f• On the con- -trary, at a point north of Socnazzew sued out of all the offices" in the prov- ince for the. year year in turn was the banner year in the his- they were driven back to th which Hows to, the southwest this tofy of the province up to that time, 1 ™.'\ the11' eff°rtS ??. defbo^h i hi | ^ehmow resu^fng in failure [ f Belimow resulting in failure. At present thc Germans are essaying to, cross the river Rawka, southeast of Of the surveyed lands-available, to I 5kier.niwiyer South of Rawka .the settlers, there are 146,931, acres-iQ thV g^mans are.res.sting stubbornly^e Cassiar Land -District, ^vith .-2^408 f u#an fensiye. n^oveioen^g ;dfe- the pre-emption-"records.issued having! made steady gains from 753. in 1903 to 1,620 /ecords 'in 1909- acres io Range 5 and 209,561 acres in Range 4, Coast District. The Xand Gominissioners having jurisdiction over these lands , are stationed at livered along: the northern- bank ' of the river-Tilika." " ¦ ¦ . • -. . northern boundary 'of the Dominion _Prince Rupert, at Hazelton and at' railway belt »n4 Tete Jaune Cache. Fort Fraser. The pre-emptors' maps I They are all under the adininistra-show the. location of al|" these sur-jtipn of :the Land Commissioner,..at. veyed lots,-and additional information )U>i? ll.ayo_i^tVonMLilie_\vill_jQif_tho poOJjl.O. To Tfltv Post" Mr. Frascr looillS far nhov^'the 'average politician in 'Britisl'i: Coilllllbia: He'.ai>|)liivs tQ e.verv phase ot.lvis. Political ,,;"Are- the^ well matfed?" "Perfectly. She's afraid of automobiles and he can't afford,one.!! resident' commissioner. 128,000 acres.,. These- lands are con- In the Cariboo District the avail- Sidered too remote at the- present able surveyed lands total 789,752 time for immediate,. settlement, but' acres.^the greater proportion of wiiich I upon th completion of the- Peace is "along the. line of the Grand Trunk j River extension of the' Pacific Great Pacific Railway, or tributary to the railway through the* province being within the confines of the Cariboo' Eastern Railway from Prince George the greater portion of-the whole area surveyed will he given direct railway District. The most jbentral, office ii? j communication. - These"la're sill admin-connection with the administration offered at the present time through these lands is that at Prince George, although certain of the lands in th^- ex- the Prince George Jarid ofrice. \Off .the". Pacific lermimis of the treme" west "of the district are admin-j Grand Tnnlk Pacifi Railway an ex-istered through the office at Fort Fraser, and certain..of the lands in the southern portion "Jare administered through jhe Quesnel office. . ¦ , >' In the' Lillpoet District there are -518,195 acres of .surveyed larfdsjavailr able.; These are-;»11 lands whijn'wi'l be served directly or indirectly, by tensive System of survey has -been 'carried but on Graham Island of the Queen '-Charlotte Islands group. During the past season 06,133 acres -Were surveyed On this island, bringing the total surveyed' Acreage available ,'f,<,ir; settlement on the'island- up-"res of-reserved land. Of; -UuCttiibpp thaj smile vi^rdus wllfch has earned Himj.n just place in 'the business life of this district in which he* has lived jiiu.l workerly ^difficult situation into which' t/lie public have l?eeu driven, by the Canadian Railway Connnission. IV; , !......x More power to his arm! : i George. Something ovej-J 114410 ^res 6f. reserved land. Of 50 pejr.-cent. of these^survevs .\vere4.tnjs;-area-90,7-00— acres— represented--made . during ,the' past-season, . and j Gl.own lands, oit^the SoufrrjFork . of.. - .. very encouraging^reports have been; the Fraser-'River ynd lanfls in: the * this sec- vicjnjty of ¦¦ Kennedy Lake, Clayoqupt... District,' which were .withdrawn from settlement pending survey. There;., mainihg 2.'?',710 acres were made of ¦ Vqj£ged-onV lands which were .subdivided thrbcjrhbtit the year. The ma- "tion of the province for dairying 'anS mixed farming. These lands are all under the'administration of the' Ljind Commissioner stationed at CHnlon. In the Kamloops District the surveyed -lands _at preSent iivnilable for settlement amount ^"o .72,617. These lands are all tributary, to the dine of j the Canadian Pacific-Northern Rail-jway, and are situate between the ¦•B jor-portion—of ' tributed through East a'fyl West Kpot-' enay, but. extensive areas were also opened on, the Salmon /River in the sContinued' oti Page:Three)