ATURDAY, JANUARY 18-1913.

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~ PRICE, $2, 00 A YEAI

WerStricken } Balkans

-haye présented:a Hote urging up:/
‘on'Turkey a pacific settlement of
the war. In addition; . Sit, Ra:
ward. Grey, British foreign~min-
ister, has had.some f¥iendly talks
ith the chief envoys of ‘the al-
ies and of the Turks, impressing |.
- “upon them the responsibility of |
ee preserving ‘Evtopean’.peace by|.
* coming to ‘terms. -The-obstinacy
on both: ‘sides may not be broken
: and a resumption of hostilities
. may | lead to-a° géneral. European

. eonflict.:

- > delegates. leave for home. If an=
> other sesgion.is not held it. will
eS bet consideied an open. insult: to
oP > Britain, (0 0 -
"Phe Balkan: allied . “afinotince
_ ‘that. they -Wi)l_ resume. hostilities
"at-once in ease-Turkey -does..not
_ secede "to thelr’ demands. this
ede _

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London, ‘Jan; 16: — the: British
| press generally expresses’ the’ be:

*. lief that the-Balkan ‘war ’ will’ bé
> ended: , treaty. between the bel.

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It is believed: that: one. die
more meeting of ‘the peace. con- |"
ference will be held. before the we

ue 1,200" girls.
-, teachers * ‘afe-employed.: in :the

‘Action E Expected to. Result in ‘Restorati eh bars in.

sonséqnence: of, the. _Bearcity’. 8

The School Statistics

tabled, :

ag compared: with five years ago.
Phere are 24 provineial. high
schools, attended by 970 ) boys'and
‘A. total’. of 1,850]

‘province, - The total cost. for the

year was $876,000 “aa. “compared
‘with, ‘S715, 000i in 1911. and. “$400, -
000 in 1907, - Lo

‘BURNS’ BIG PLANT.
~~ AT CALGARY BURNED)

eos ‘Calegaty, Jon. 18 -—The most}
“disastrous-fire in’ the history of
: western: Canada | occured yester-
day when the large packing plant

~ REPORT HIG: SHOWING

of ; -arsenical iron: ore, : carrying
good values in. gold and silver,
is. teported from | the - Green

~ ON GREEN MOUNTAIN

“the opening up of: a ‘big’ body | °

of. P,. ‘Barns: & Co. was totally de-
att ed by. fire, » ‘The loss, includ-
ircasses in cold storage, will
‘probably be bei in, excess he $1, 000, -
000." Mos fos
"Phe loss j is ‘serious in. that the
oeal: ‘plant was the largest... ingti-
tution of its kind | in’ the West, -
‘from: which all of: the. Western
cities, including Vancouver. ‘and
Victoria; and: the -Cosst : ‘cities,
drew. largely for their meat ° (Sup-
ply, and . butchering’: operations
imay. have to baresorted to:-pre-
venta meat fainine.... ‘The storage}.
plant: contained: 4,000; carcasses,
‘The fire.was diseovered about
-'12:36: o’clock- ‘Suiiday morning,
--~ he whole of the’ basement. . was:

“ din flames; and. the packing, plant
ae départment, augmented by all-of |.
the. city fire department, was un-|:
able to make any’ “head way
against - the flames, . This: was|
. dte- ina -measure to. the low
water pressure and algo the am-,
monia fumes in the, basement,
‘which: “were 80. ‘strong. that the
men: could: hot. endure them,”

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“ad [By the operators, eat

-in a fog veatenday,
ined fast today with Vapta
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Mouritain group ‘on Bear river,
26 miles from Hazelton and 111-2
miles from the railway.” 7
Olson’ and- his: gang: ‘returned to
+ town. yesterday, having complet-
ed: -their.. contract...
tunnels Was: riven: 150 feet ‘to the
vein,. whieh | ‘was. found’ at ‘that
point ‘to carry. from two to, three
feet of: ore. - ‘After drifting: for
fifty feet, the. ore” was: found to oy
be widening, anid - the? last" ‘fifty,|. .

feet of tunnel: disclosed: a: fine:

wide,” ‘according to “Mr, Olson: |
At. this. point. the tunnel . has a
dept of over 200 feet. -

Olson. and. partners, |: ‘Tt is likely
that further . -development ' work [«

will-be immediately” undertaken sequence -of thredtoning ‘letters

beitig received by Sir Richard
nl McBride,. be: police of Spokane ;
~** Thave been asked to keep’ an -eye;
“Ton William Milsom, whose. tame. a
eo / was signed ‘toa? ‘communication
16 | threatening. the Bremiet’s life:
Mileom, who wrote fromSpokane,

rious. committee, which W

A crosseut

hoot of ore,’ whieh a: erosseut cat
he face shows ‘to. ‘be fifteen. ‘feet

Values of $10 to. $60 have been
btained from this ore, ° - Samples
ave. heen gent ‘to Frank ‘Jackson
nd, C.. B: Clark, to whotit. ‘the
roperty was: recently bonded by

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Whitt. and Dancing’. a
“Great credit i ig due, the‘ in

’ | day from Chicken Lake, ;

f/fine horses.
rendered” ‘tothe: ‘begeigers-. ‘in

Londen: ‘Jan: Vr - Germany
hag ‘Joined with the other powers|
in. ‘presenting’ ° ‘a ‘Joint. jiete. to
Turkey. In effect thé note,is an’
‘ultimatum ‘requiring’ the’ Porte to}.
agree t0 the deviands “of the’ al

ee, returned on. ‘Wednesday. from
- Victoria, Jan. 17i“The.’ school

report. for the province has .been
At: shows ; an. enrolment
of 50, 200 pupils, “an’. increase of
5,000 over ‘1911 and: aver: 20,000

Emil’

2» Was suddenly’ seized with pleuro-
-. | pneumonia, to which he succumb-

| care: 9 todky lovtats
of the French. t republic, -

~ LOCAL:AND.

“Jack ‘Ward. ‘came in’ on Thur-|

oh LL DeVoin' “returned: T Taess|
day from d trip to Chicken | Lake.

J. 8, Hicks Has:vetuined ‘from
a trip. throngh e Kispiox. Val-
| ley. -- a it -
“AL W: Corneri is buildiiyg a fine|
2a story: residence. on hig ‘Kispiox|
rach, .
oP WOW, Kerrstetiivned f m- ‘thi |
: ‘const’ on Taésday, . bringfi ;

f te R, ‘Dek. Hovell, the.
barrister, has’ bren.elec
low of the: Royal Colona Inst
: bute, ;

ONSET

‘ando eft on n Thursday |
for a: trip to ‘England. . * He: ‘ex-
pects to: return to Haselton in the
spring.” a
_ Mrs.i Ay J. "Walters: ‘aad ‘Miss
Patterson have gone to: Kelowna,
BiG. where’: they will’open. a
: modern: millinery establishment, |

- Government. Agent W. Allison

|| New. Weatminater; where’ he
‘spent:the holidays with :his fam-
ily and enjoyed a a- ) well-earned va-
cation...”

ISTRICT. NEWS: NOTES ~

Thursday’ evening.

ceived news that his youngest
brother,, Thornton.D., was. dead
at Lancaster, : ‘Ont., where” the
family resides,
many friends will regret to learn
of: his: bereavement. .

whereabouts ‘of Murly’ Taylor;.
formerly of Sealey, i is requested
to communicatis. with his mother,
Mrs.: Hattie” Taylor, Anacortes,
Wash, or with the chief of. # police
van | ae ‘Hazelton:

cow, t Carr arrived from Tel:
kwa: last ¢ evening. |. ;
’ Railway officials. announce e that
after "Wednesday the westbound | .
trains. will: leave New: Hazelton

at 9:30- a, ‘the and South Hazelton
jal 9:45,

camé in: on. ‘Thursday’ for ‘a load|’
fof ‘supplies, “He reports that ‘alf}.
J stock i in'the famous lake district)
is ‘wintering well, . :

was held: on. ‘Tuesday evening, An
‘interésting Teport. has béen pre-
pared ‘for tiie. annual meeting on

-Geotge A. Larocque. today re-

Mr. Taroeque’s

“Any person . kiowing ‘the

HAZELTN HINS Ta
GAME FOR ROSS. Ue

Fast. and vather ‘rough play,
characterized the third., game, of
‘the Ross ‘Cup’ series, ° whic 7 was
_| played this “afternooti.! on’

ed ina victory for the local. team:
by ascore of 5to0. ° The New
Hazelton team was clearly out-
played, and only strenuous : work
in goal prevented.a much* Jarger:
score against the black and white;
The Hazelton. men’ played”. a
splendid game, team work: being.
‘much better than-in ‘the first two
games.
Two: goals were 5 scored “in, : the|
first: ‘period: North in 1° minute
and North in 7 minutes. The
second period brought.two more,.
also..scored by ‘North, . in’. 2
ininutes and 13 minutes.’ In the
final session Sinclair scored in. 12
minutes. Al: Harris was referee,

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"Mark Carr's Death.”
 GBpacial to The Miner) —
 Telkwa, Jan. 18:—-Particulars | -
of the death of Mark’ Carr ‘have
been received. -He was. visiting?
his “married : sister -at’ Prospect
Junction, New York; “when ‘he

éd after only four. days”: illness,
The remains of. the-late . popular
Bulkley Valley ‘man’ have. been
taken back to Ontario; for. inter-
ment in: ‘Sarsfield cemetery, near.
Ottawa,

» Premier ‘Threa tened -
Vancouver,” Jan, 13: “Tn con-

HHAZELTON NES OW

assured Rosition amongst the
producing camps of the. provinée,
th | As. predicted. by . The: Miner, the
"| Hazelton -ritk;~and wid Yegalt- Harms “Mines: will: he.. the, first;
property: to join the shipping
ranks. *

superintendéd: the loading. of the} -

which will ‘be'sént out on next
Wednesday’ 3 freight ‘train.
other car from thia property: will
g00n' ‘follow; ” and ‘regular ship-

ments will ‘be. made. from now
on.

kaving several. cars. of its high
‘grade ore hauled to the railway; |’
and will ship - a laree quantity |:
from the dunip which: *has ‘ac-

cumulated. during. ‘development|
“work, we

oe “chess Inquest”

the fifth-day of the inquest into].
‘the ‘Cheslakee disaster. -
caiise- of the accident has’ not yet
been’ fully ‘established.
proved that the ash ejector . wag
closed at the tiche. ~- Many pas-

the jury for not calling the: pas-| °
sengers. The inquest has been |:
adjourned until next week, The
government enquiry will open on
Monday, re

The: body of Matt Johnson was
‘today- found, by! divers, . making
the. death roll. six,

" Bdthonton; Jane 12s
dozen structures in ‘the wholesala
distetet were destroyed. today’ in|:

exceed: $250, 000, |
in-}tion “started in the millé’
4 |Brackman-Ker Cor oes

SHIPPING RICH ORE

"Hazelton is- about. to. take an |.

© Robert: Nelson: of Ootsa Lake, io

The. quarterly: meeting of the| -
' advisory board - of. the. Hospital

‘on" ‘the: exceptional - degree of | -

influx of immigration. :’The : fin.
ancial condition of the province,

satisfactory, enabling # the g govern-

_ «Special to,.The Miner) :
Viedoria, Jan, 16:--The: cus-
tomary:i imposing ceremonies to-
day:marked the opening: of . the
first ‘Session of ‘the thirteenth
"| legislature -of “British Columbia..-
The seene - at the parliament
buildings: was a brilliant one and
a large crowd was in attendance

PaO THSLATIRE
~ “BEGINS ANOTHER SSI

Important Legislative Program Outlined i in Speech Fron
Throne--Bill to Reform. Provincial : ‘Taxation System i
Likely to Do Away. With Poll Tax--Session Expected te
| East Only About Five Weeks © :.

S ment to. ms chittnas bi expenditure

necessary - -to;.provide for the
growing. needs ‘of the country,
He noted with interest, that the
mining industry -had surpassed
in growth any similar . period ‘in
thé history of the province, also
that: additional honors had been
won by .fruit.and agricultural

to witness the proceedings,
‘Hon. D, M. Eberts -waa> Te-
elected speaker of the house,
“Campbell, - ‘of Rossland, was
absent owing to illness in his
family’ and W. J. Manson, of
‘Dewdney, - “teok hig. place in
moving the réply to the speech
fromthe throne. Woods, of
Alberni, is the seconder. .
Lieutenant-Governor Patersoii,
in the'speech “from the- throne,
=; reviewed the events of the last
year, refetring. to the visit of the
| Dake. of Connaught and dwelling

prosperity. experienced by British
| Colursbia and the unprecedented

His honor. said,- continues most

: exhibits from. British Columbia,

between the. government and the
Canadian Northern, -

appointment. of additional judges,
was among the new bills to be
introduced,- also an act amending
the taxation’ system of the pro:
Vinee, ‘in line--with the recom

in competition with the world,

~ Adverting to railway matters,
attention was given to the ad-
vance. in construction of new
lines, made possible by aid grant-
ed by the province, The com-
pletion ‘of these. lines may be ex-
pected well within the time set
by law. Included in the new
legislation which would be intro-
duced during: the session was a
bill furthering the arrangements

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A measure providing for the:

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‘Duke Harris. yesterday
rst .car of American Boy ore,

An-

The. Silver. ‘Standard is now

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. paciat to The Miner)’ : lo
Vancouver, Jan.. 17 This was

The

It was/a

sengers testifled that ‘they were} in Ward ‘Two.
not. warned of danger, and Chief} _
Steward Booth was eriticized: by |- "New Mayors --

Big Ednionton F Fire
“> (Special to The Miner).

“ al
Hai fa:

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is. supposed ‘to. the + ‘worat fire in “the city’s hig.|.
aes jDalaneed ate tory. Four deaths’ chave been |: ;
recorded. : The property: loss will

‘The ‘conflagra- i

“OR R. Revenue

” ‘Speclat’ tb > Fhe Minar):

rule: bill passed the house of com-
mong today by a majority of 116,
The final debate on the measure
was marked by a number of
great. speeches, the most: notable
being? those by. Premier “Asquith,
Hon. A. Ie Balfour; James Red-
mond, ‘and Sir Edward Carson,

_ ‘Pattullo ‘Rupert's “Mayor

Rupert. were” of an interesting
nature, as usual,
was elected mayor by a majority

who reconsidered his withdrawal
from. the contest,
elected’ were- McCaffery, Kerr,

Dybhavn, .
Bullock- Webster, and Maitland

Adi Morley was elected’ thayor.
of Victoria’ by a majority of five.+
‘A recount has been demanded: on
behalf of Mayor Beckwith. Many}
impersonations are alleged.

“| for sixth term,: Other j tiayors

Grand Forks, . Peppy Rossland,

in HOME RULE BIKE FUNNS REQUIRED FOR

PASSES IN COMMONS)

~— HOSPITAL EQUIPMEN|

‘London, Jan. 16: ~The home

8
The civic elections in Prince

T. D. Pattullo
f 122 votes over Mayor Newton,

“The aldermen

nd ‘Leek in Ward One, and
Sutherland, - -Naden, |”

“Special to The Miner) :
Vitoria, ‘Jan, 17:—Ex- Mayor

Tu: ‘Kamloops Mayor Robinson | -
as re-elected by acclamation
ecté :  Revelstoke,. Kilpatrick:

eschi mops,

‘BY. game. on

k ngers . ‘and the | Connter-

Hospital, which includes repre-
sentatives of the Dominion and
provincial governments and t
people ‘of: the’. district, calls
tention to the necessity for addi-|
tional funds* to. provide for thefi
installation of an X-ray appar-#
atus and’ a modern ambulance. &
The excellence of the hospital, its 7

of Dr. Wiinch, the superintend:
ent,. are well: known throughout
the district, and there is no
doabt. there’ will be a generot :
response to the call,
tributioris will: be acknowledg:
in‘The. Miner,- and may be se

to: Dr. i. Gi: ‘Wrineh or to
office, - :

patrons. of. the: Hospital,
all ticket-holders or contributors ff
7 [to the amount.of five dollars are .

~~ Jentitléd.to attend, will be held at™
the institution - ‘on Thursday eve-
ning next, to.receive the annual i
report and élect a member of the
board,.
attendance -

éral Bovernrient hag removed the §
assaying’ arid: ‘stamping charge of
one-eighth ‘of ‘one. per cent. on
gold: brought. to’ the Vancouver
agaay. fice: placing | it on an

night between... ‘the| Tt bis

into America

The advisory:board of Hazelton

plendid record, and the ability

All co

» The. annual . ‘meeting of. ‘the
which

There should be a good

Gold Handled Free _

‘(Special tp The: Miner) 7
Yaneouver Jan. 17:—The fed-|

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