VOL. Il, ‘NO. 80.

_ Commander Commits Suicide

_. the city of Adrianople WB. cap-

x ~ Monday, when the failure of
peace: negotiations brought about ;

_-dity,’ covering with a pall of

trance into the city.

"and assessor at Nelson, is to be

2 Next week, .
: will be taken. by §.°S,' Jarvis,
. senior clerk at Hazelton, who

HAZELTON, B, Cy SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1918

_ PRICE $2.00 A YEAR; |

~~ ADRIANOPLE TAIN”

“BY BULGARIAN ARNY € :

_ cay Captured Wednesday After

' Desperate Fighting — Turkish

va

“Londén, Mat. 26. Reports
from eredible sources state that

tured this ‘Morning by Bulgarian
forces.” ” Fighting of ‘the. most
térrible character has breyailed
about the beleaguered city. since

the resumption... of” hostilities,
‘Flames are now devastating. the

smoke acenes of carnage seldom
paralleled. There was tremen-
dous loss of life. ‘The ‘Turkish
commander-in-chief -at Adrian-
:- ople committed suicide when’ the
attacking forces made their én-

. New.Government Agent
'.§, H-Hoskins, mining recorder

government agent. at Hazelton.

in succession to W. Allison, whojdancers dispersed, all greatly

-receives. the appointment. of
“ auditor-generai ’ Mr. ‘Hoskin is
expected to assure hisnew duties
His. place in Nelson

-Teaves. next week-to take up | his
new ‘duties, “George. ‘Milburn,

{of the hall, enjoying to ‘the ut-
most. the excellefit music fur-|

ley Valley Agricultural ‘Asracia-

HOUS

DROWNED SE SR

Bachelors’ Dance A.

Brilliant Success

Many successful dances have}
been held: in Hazelton,” but on
Wednesday evening, when the
Bachelors of the town entertain-

ofthe most brilliant and enjoy-
able affair of the kind’ ever held
here,
By the efforts of a an “energetic
committee, the large hall was
transformed into a beautiful ball-
room, the elaborate yet tasteful
decorations reflecting ‘the great-
est credit upon the Bachelors,
who spared neither ime nor .ex-
pense in preparing for the.dance.

The largest crowd of dancers
of the season taxed the capacity

nished by Gray’ 8 “oréhestra,
which came from Princes: ‘Rupert
especially for the dance,

It was after. four when the

pleased with the affair, -

MLE PAT, oe
~ FARMERS 10 EET

A general meeting. of the Bulk-|-

.\tricts are without food..

formerly one of the. Hazelton
staff, ‘arrived “yesterday,“‘caming

o “gainst- taaking known thé ‘facts

"progress?" eran

“".\ they.are cured,” was his answer,
2 We: have. them all under strict

hes but in the meantime | We ire ex:
oh Prince: Rupert, has: presented to

: {the Hazelton: branch, of the Over-
2, eens chit’ a handsome portralt: of
‘Hits the King, which: was: muah - ‘ad

overland” from. the goverhment
office at Fort Fraser. ‘He: takes
the senior elerk’s position here.

~ Lord Wolseley Dead °
London, Mar. QT: ——Field Mar-

Mentone; France. The funeral
_-will take place. at St. Paul’s, Lon-
don,‘ on Monday next.” ~ Lord]

~ be. among the pall-bedrers. One
of Lord Wolseley’s first com-
© mands was the Red River expedi-
tion, “which suppressed the. first
“Northwest rebellion,

Friediniian Patients Improve’

Toronto,’ Mar. 24 AH the
tubercitlosis sufferers : ‘who- re-
_ ceived treatment from Dr. ‘Bried-
mann a week ago Friday . -have
"Baen warned and enittioried Be

) the: ‘public, Dr. "Caulfield of
he. ‘pathology department of the
 Toront siniversity was seen this
“morning... an ;

“Have you any. case that you!” |

' Gan” hame’ as showing. marked

~All are - ‘showing improve-
nent: ‘but we cannot say. that

‘sitpervision, and so-far there is:
“not ne. that does not feel, to/i
_, some,  ektent,: -better, but that is
a long way ‘from a eure, | it will |.
be another ten. “days ’ ‘yet “before
we, éan meke® a recapitulation,

Telkwa:
ant business i is to be transacted
including the fixing of a date for
the fall fair and the appointment

of a committee on arrangements,
' shal Lord Wolseley died. today: ‘at| Arrangements are also to -be
made for the. proposed confer-
ence with ‘the agricultural com-
mission, which ‘will visit the Val-
Roberts and Lord Kitchener will ley during the summer. '

question of government loans ‘to
farmers will ve’ presented.

-|retary of the organization; states
that-there is on hand’ at: “Alder. }
mere a supply of stumping pow-/
der, ‘caps and fuse which inay be}
obtained by Members,

the association, and Mr. Manson,
the’ government has decided to
‘station. an agricultural expert in)
the: district this: season, 8 step
whieh’ “will undoubtedly prove of
great’ benefit to the farmers.

Churchill, in presenting: ‘the nay-
al estimates in parliament, said |;
Great Britain will build two” exe
tra ships for every one built’ ‘by
Germany.
‘will be placed in a~mobile: Impers |}

‘the Canadian: Liberals A
eause Of mich debate? in w
Churchill -trivimphed. .. a

pve !
when” it '$as: displayed: at
=: Baaholora’ eine,

tion and Farmers’ Institute will
be held orSaturday, April 12, at
1:30: p. m., in. Svensin’ shall,
~ Considerable: ‘ibiport-

' A-resolution dealing with: the

'T. d. Thorp, the’ eriérgetic HeC-

ed

- Largely through the efforts | ‘of

Britain Holds Her. Gwa
- Loridon, Mar. 2 Ts -LWinatén

‘The Canadian ships

ial. ‘squadron.

“Alderman. Bullock-Welster,- bf |

Wednesday.

on,

| the” ‘government cancelling the iaicoed aunts
barrister, who leaves tomorrow

ee for Victoria, where he expects to
“New. York, Mar. : 28:—Gondi

, INPARALELLED HSASTER
‘DECIMATES OWIO RIVER CITIES:

Storm, Flood, and Fire Convert City Convert City of Dayton Into an In-
fed, “Assembly Hall was the scene |

Chicago,

these states,
submerged, ‘while Dayton is de

vastuted,
The drowned and killed. in al

lion are homeless,
oil tanks, :
picture the scenes of horror.
and trees,
Miami river is a raging. toryent.
‘drowned in one school.

called out.

the cities’ of Hamilton, Sidney,
Peru,. Deleware, Middleton, Fre-

‘ferno ~- Other Cities i in Ohio and Indiana Suffer — Two|over Canyon - creek,
"Hundred and Fifty Thousand Homeless --- Canadian| Groundhog trail near the Fourth
Cities Respond to Appeal | for Assistance

“Mar, 26: —Indiana
and Ohio. have been swept by the
worst storms’ in the history of
In .the resulting
flaods many ‘towns have been

the cities may exceed ten thou- |
sand, . Over a‘quarter of a mil}

Dayton: was a marine inferno
with fires starting from bursting
It is impoastble - to|'

Families .are clinging to “roofs
Many in outlying dis-
* They
‘Four hundred children were
‘Disorder

is rampant and troops have ‘been

“Lose of-ifecte Yepatted_ trom et ig St shoo Grent

Opposition Leader Raises Block-
ade Pro Tem — Government
Determined to Pass Naval Bill:

_|Road and Bridge
_ Crews Begin Work

Superintendent | Carr has al-
ready begun his. season’ 3 work,
Ed, Mullen has been sent with
a small erey: to rebuild the bridge
on the

Ottawa, Mar. 25:—As predict-
ed, the opposition today agreed
to the passage of supply in lump.
pending the renewal of the nav- ws
al controversy. Premier Borden i
and Sir Wilfrid Laurier today
held a conferencé in. which the
Liberal leader agreed to the pas--
sage of a fraction—one-sixth—of
the estimates, that being suffici-
ent to carry on the affairs of the
country until June. This is tak- ,
en to.mean that the opposition i
has-abandoned-the idea of fore- ,
ing an election this year. The
government has no idea of going
tothe country, being determined
that the naval bil! shall pass,
with or without a change in the
Tyles of the house,

Cabin. Another crew, -under
Dari McKinnon, has started to
repair the wagon bridges on the
main Bulkley road, Many of
these require attention, H. E.

‘Floods’ penetrate -Pennaylvania,
and twenty persons are reported
drowned at Sharon. Four per-
ished at Wheeling. - ' |Bodine has taken a crew of fmen
‘ The sleet. storm ravaged ‘the| to Tatla lake, to begin _work on
- (Atlantic coast fromNew York to|the Silver creek wagon road,
Montreal. All wires are down, which will’allow Omineca river
| inland to ‘Buffalo. and Manson creek miners to
transport heavy machinery tothe

"Frankfort Ky., Mar, 28;—The placer district. The superin-
Kentucky river: is-higher than at|tendent is examining’ the road
any time in the past twenty between Hazelton and the Val-
years, causing grave fears of ley towns; with a view’to begin-
disaster. . ning road werk a3 soon as. condi-
‘tions will allow. In the mean-
time, necessary repairs-to the
sidewalks of the. town are being
made.

HUES BAY 00. sii
REBUILD STORE HERE

_ It is ‘announced that the Gina
rson’s Bay Co, Will begin on Mon-

Premier McBride Honored :
Berkley, Cal, Mar. 22:—The ff
forty-fifth anniversary of the :
signing of the charter of the
University of California by Gov-
ernor Haight in 1868 was cele-
brated’ at the university ‘today
with Sir Richard McBride, prime
minister of British Columbia, ag
the principal speaker, The prem-
ier was, introduced by: President . te

Benjamin Tde- Wheeler, who, at .

Toronto, Mar. 27:—The city
was: struck yesterday’ by the
worst storm of the winter, which
‘continues today. The city. is
practically igolated. © ‘Traffic ‘is
blockaded -here and in many
parts of Ontario. 6

‘Montreal, Mar. 28:—The dis-

mont, Newcastle, ‘Lafayette, Tn-|

damage’ has been do day the erection:of a new store

on the site of the burned strue-

dianapolis, Miamiabu reh and
Noblesville. *,

President, Wilson has isaned an
appeal for aid. in the . national
vblamity. - .

{hundred homes being wrecked.

floods are abating, but fires con-
tinue to rage in Dayton. A bliz-

of the rescuers, °
five thousand.

Dayton: is about one thousand,
‘with: .a .property Toss ‘of $60,-
000,000,. Gs:

hundreds of lives being’ lost and
erty. Several women’ in. Peru,

ings, committed suicide by. leap-

Pera at lenst five hundred ‘lives
were lost. Every flooded” town

is the worst of all,
» Many - Cariadian -eities : “hinge!”
eit ‘supplies: to the homeless, |

duty on uch commodities. ”

tions’ in Ohio and Indiana are re-
potted. m ue h improved; ‘bu. t
Wheeling, West Virginia, is: in

‘Phe, lower portion of. Albay i

ite [Modded the allen. Bids

‘Winnipeg, Mar. 28;—Thirteen
-stormbound trains from the: east
-_| struggled into Winnipeg today.
They were short of fuel and food.

ture. Mr, Graham, the local
manager, ‘states that until receipt
of orders from headquarters, ex-
pected today, the size of the new
building -is not known, The
comtpany will continue to do bus-

Port Arthur, Mar. 24:—While

the conclusion of the exercises,

degree of Doctor of Laws, |

Vancouver, Mar. 28:—John Me-

Lennan, accountant in Molgon's
Bank is missing,

His friends

conferred on him the honorary

In Nebraska, on Sunday, ator-
nado destroyed part of Omaha,
| with a loss of two hundred ‘killed
and five hundred injured, four

Columbus, 0., ‘Mar. 27; —The

zard adds tothe sufferings of
the refugees and the difficulties
Ohio’s loss of
life i is estimated to reach at least
two thousand, and may exceed.
“The property
1038 . exceeds. $100,060, 000, _ The] .
loss: of life .so*far reported at] .

Indiana also. suiteréa “heavily,
$20,000,000 damage done to prop- ;
Indiana, crazed by thelr ‘suffer- /

ing from the rescuing boats. In

is a scene of horror; but Dayton) C

grave. dangér Of a. flood, as the]:
é, Ohio ia rising rapidly. |

all fear he has been murdered.

not doing any such damage as
reported’ from-Lower Ontario
towns the biggest snow and wind
[storm of the season: -developed
‘aver Port Arthur and surround-
ing districts last night and today.
The. streets are blocked with
heavy drifts of snow and traffic
on, the street railway is main-
tained with the greatest. diffi-
culty, while trains on the trans-
continental railways are reported
blocked and many. hours hehind
their achedules. .

ness at the old stand until devel-
opments make removal to South
Hazelton necessary,

Edmonton, Mar. 28:—The. Al-
berta legislature has been. dis-
solved, A general election ‘will
be held on April 17.

(Canada’s Surplus
The revenue of the Dominion
for the fiscal year which closes
on Monday next will be close to
170,000,000, an increase of ap-
proximately $33,000,000 over the
Yevenue of the preceding year.
The total expenditure for the
|year is. estimated at between
$163,000,000 and $154,000,000,
leaving a surplus of some $16,-

‘Ottawa, March 28:—A G, T. 000,000 aver all expenditures.
passenger: train: from Montreal |. ; ; i

WAS. wrecked at Maxville, four
carsbeing ditched. . Dozens of
passengers. wére injured. A
washout was the cause, - a

J. H. Edmondson, representa-
tive of R, G. Dun & Co.,, spent a
few days’ in town during the
week, “--

The Manson mail arrived to-
day. George W, Otterson and
party reached the camp in good
time, and are now ‘busy on- the
Kildare property, hauling pipe
and preparing for active mining
as soon as weather condtjone
permit. - ; ‘
Graham Rock, who ‘was Ha-
zelton’s star pitcher in 1911, has
signed with the Seattle team,
and the press of the Sound: city
praises his work in the training
.|sejgon, Graham was an all
round athlete of note at Wash-
ington State College, while. hig
work with the local team marked
him. as a hall-player: of high
class. The local’ fans. expect
great things of their old favorite, -
whom they consider good enough
for any company in the west.

Bob Haden, who left-for Burha
Lake yesterday, has purchased
a one-third interest in a group of
_ |sixteen” claims on Mud creek,
7 ~ Lfyom R..W. Thompson and Bar-

. McNaughton Acquitted . ney. Halloran, . 7
Vaneouver, Mar.’ 28:—Harold
‘McNaughton was’ today acquit-
ted ona “charge of manslaughter.
Tt was his second trial for the
Heillings of: Ernest Spinard last
October.

Charles Pearce, ‘who i is a mill
man. of -long experience, has
gone to Burns Lake to instal
there the sawmill plant? of - the].
Burns Lake Trading and Lumber
}Co., owned. by J, C. K. Sealy;
R.-H. Gerow and M, H. Laidlaw,
The Hudson’s Bay Co. steamer
Port Simpson will ruplin the
Stikine during. the - coming. -sium-|
mer. The: ‘pany: has * an ex-
tensive busines. ab: “Telegraph
Creek, tinder the. management of
our old friend J.C; Boyd. The
cattying ‘of -supplies:-for that
9 | point, » with : /Deslittbound. ‘pros: | vi

© Barefater ‘Hovell Leaving.
Hazelton loses 4. good citizen
‘|in, R. DeB, Hovell, the popular

Five Years For. Forgery ce .
Bil Tidich. ‘and Tom ‘Wasick, ,
charged. before Judge “Young”
with forging and uttering chequea
‘ott the bank account ab.
sent bohuniic, practi
their. -euilt and =

éatabliah hipneelf. As presideit
-|of the board: of trade and~in
other capacities. he has’ been act.
ye" th. promoting the welfare of

a g! *atiprt iment,
{ poe dontencei