- Shortt, is simple, though’ the
a secondary consequences inay ‘be
pe somewhat complex and remote, '

; McBride will
‘Saturday’: ‘en -route to ‘England, 7
“Tn the capital: he will confer with: :
Hon, ' R. L,. Borden.

matters.” a

= “Jess ‘Feporis it: is known that
“. Bogoalof | sland, ‘the’ fanous|:
freak: voleani¢ Island i in the Behr-
? Ang Sea; i ig ‘again. in eruption; ‘also
; that every . voleano in. the vast
_ dnountain range of Western Alas-

. Aleutian: Islands “i ‘1B:

 ginoke or, VApOr: . Probebl ya thig

has. some. connection with - the

os a -parthquake disturbances | reoently
* Pepoktediss sea oer

. ‘i not §

~ MANY SLAIN.
TN CIVIL WAR).

at oa the, trade in Canada, which
for" the: ‘past ten’ years. has shown
a ineréasing’ ‘preponderance ‘of
” imports over exports, ‘is the sub-

= btattaties monthly -by Professor
_» Adam. Shortt, i in..which he | gives | di

io has~caused a fot. of misgiving. to

. that for,the twelve months end-

_ this period ‘of expanding imports |,

os which - followed: ‘attempts: |
2 dustrial’ Workers, of the World to}.
elo ‘fod: street mé ings and encour.

es es) harvest, hands to decline of-

VOL, Il, NO. 60

 HAGELION, B GC “SATURDAY, AUGUST 16,

1913.

- PRICE: $2.00 A EAR. .

Canton Becomes Storm Cen

ter of Rebellion Against

Chinese Government =:

] — cHvILANs FLY FRow crv}

Cai ditions i in New Republic” Grow Mora
Serious as Result of Defection of
‘Cantonese: Troops Hongkong Bar-

ncks Fired-—Traffic Suspended
_ London, Aug. 15:—The- Chin

~~ ese rebellion hag assumed a ‘more|.
serious phase and the situation i is
At
_ Canton yesterday twelve hundred
- were killed in a “battle between
the revolutionaries. and govern: |.
“Half of the -feder-||
_ al forces inthe provinee are. re-
’ ported to. have ~ joined
. rebellion.

how regarded ag -criti¢al,

ment troops.

- Pillaging is rife
every where, :
Hongkong ‘have - been . burned.
Railway traffic is suspended ‘and
civilians are. deaving the citles. . an

-

~ Balance Favors. Canada’ -
Ottawa, Aug. -12;—The balance

ject of: anarticle in the census

his: views of a phenomenon: whieh |

tany people: ”
» After commenting: ‘on. ‘the fact

‘ng April 30, 1918, imports total-
led $672, 880,978, ag. against ‘ex-
ports totalling $385, 750,938, Pro-
fessor Shortt notes ‘that during |

the balance-of exchange.’ in gold
chas not been against : Canada,
but on the whole i in her faydr, oS

- The explanation, : gays Professor

Premier: i in- Ottawa.

* Vietoria,. Aug i Oltewe eal!

arious

| Seattle, Aug. 12: —From \ wire-

‘ka. from. Behring. Sea ito. the):

in the

The - barracks at

‘| the interior,

Ottawa’ on}.

the Japanese governinent ‘would

| | stories of: rich finds in the: Shu:

{stampedets ‘ison? the’ ” way to

Loe ae ‘Ava. 1: ~ Righty |.
td ‘arrests were. tiiade “here late last | oy
iSiawea|" ee
of. In- os

fo Manage First:

_| point.
a sub-office of the. Telkwa branch:

| will leave this. evening to. con
duct the business, .

will bé- erected on Main street,

doned,

COMMS 0 W

cultural commission: on - Wednes-

mate * ‘and : ‘crops. ‘was: obtained.

of goverment. ‘aid to settlers

sioners, who | went: thoroughly
into every. phage. ‘of the eondi-

On ‘Thursday’ | the. commission

chairman’ ‘Hayward, the-‘enquiry
Was cinducted by J. J. Campbell,|
frail-giower, ‘of Nelson, The
other. meinbers . of the. commis-:
Jsionat the” ‘hearing. were. John
Kidston, - fruit-grower, of ‘Ver-
non, ; William Dunean, dairyman,.
of: Comox; 8. Shannon; dairyman,
of . Cloverdale, ‘and : C. B. Chriat-
ensen, the, Secretary. -

Wm. Mangon, M, L As for” this
district, came ‘up ‘with’ the agri |
cultural commission, to. enquire
‘Jintothe. needs of various parts: of
On- Thursday ‘he
left for, the Valley’ towns. fee

Diaz: Tamed. Down. :
"Vancouver, Aig. 16: —Genieral
Felix Didi arrived “yesterday to
take. a. vessel for, Ja apan as “ppec:
ial envoy. with greetings from. the
Mexican. government. : He: ean-
celled hia rip and’ returtied east
on receiving a ‘telegrant’ ‘saying |

only réceiye him: in: his” individ-|-
ual capacity. :

“The, Shushaunes Strike’
~ Vancouver, - Aug. - 14 Mor

shatina: ‘district : have | -been “res
ceived. : “An increased number ot

Bank In Smithers

J: HL Hetherington, the - -popu-
lar Union._Bank’ official, received
instructions today to: procéed to
Smithers, having heen. appointed
-|manager of the branch at that}-
The Union ‘Bank. ‘opened
its Smithers: branch several weeks
ago, and. it-has’ been operated 28

It has now been made a. “yegular
branch, and Mr,° “Hetherington.

As “soon as
‘possible, a permanent. building

when:the | temporary quarters in
“Squattersville’* will. be ‘aban-

~ AGRICULTURE iene

“Interesting evidence was ad-
duced at the hearing of the agri-

day evening. . Many witnesses

were examined and much infor-
mation- regarding lands, ° “soil, cli-

was impressed 1 upon ‘the’ ‘commis:
tions. affecting: the. farming ihe

left for Aldermere, where they
-| sat” ast: ‘night; In the’ ‘absence of].

soe

out today among. the .
coal miners, ~

.

prevailed,

The mob. i estimated
1000, - ao

ee
. i 7,

turbance,

ture Bay: this: morning, .

since: Tuesday. .
since the. inauguration |

on Tuesday, when men

; been many instancés’ of
ness.

Extension, and. may. die.

was: thrown. through the

rushed to. the’ ‘window,
exploded... ‘The pit headi

reat“ froni “Nanaimo. °

Nanaimo, Aug. 12: Riots broke

Strike-breakers, é=
turning’ horae™ froni the” mines
were attacked and great disorder
‘The city has been |:
under: ‘eontiol of the mob all day.
Fifteen special constables arrived |
from Victoria; but. even with
their assistance the: police were
-|unabdle to cope with the: situation,

Nanaimo, Aug, 14:—For three
days, Nanaimo, -Ladysmith,: Ex:
tension ‘and South. Wellington
have been ‘the | scenes of rioting
among the striking miners. So,
serious has the situation grown
that” yesterday Attorney-general
Bowser, acting : premier, called
out the Victoria militia, and today |
|| additional militia from Vancouver |
were called upon: to. quell, the dis. |
‘A full battalion: left.
Vancouver late - tonight.

‘Victoria militia landed at. Depar-'
: Vietoria,

“A Weved, the. arrival of the “eitize ita believed’ a ‘settlement of the

soldiery. will: put an end’ to. ‘the
lawlessness’ which has’ ‘prevailed|'

‘The:.situation - has béen quiet
sirike.in May,. until the outbreak

taken the places of the: strikers
were attacked: ‘by a large. mob,
In the last three days there have

- Alexander Baxter, a con-
.|tractor, was shot in the gioin, at] »

ander “McKinnon, : a logger’. who
was working i in- the. Ladysmith
mines, . had. his: arm . blown: “off,
with dynamite and is reported to}
be. dying. ‘A stick. of ‘d

Jof his héitie, To dave his family |’
he’ picked the. ‘explosive. up and

bunkhouses: at. Extension. have
been ° ‘burned, and the, store at :
that: point was wrecked and Ioot-| -
ed by the: ‘mob, : ‘Forty strike- |
breakers are besieged ina tunnel.

| Number One mine here i ia shut
fae! down and ‘floodinis, The South
Wellington mine is: also shut down
lind filing with water: The special
‘police, brought i in to ‘suppress the
t have been compelled : to Te-

residents. “are” packing: up- and
: [moving ‘from the . town.

LAWLESSNESS RAMPANT N
TSLAND COAL MINING TOWNS).s:

striking

at. ‘over.

“The |"

it. is-b
‘ais

of the
who had
ti

lawless-

Alex.

As

ynamite
window| :

when it

ngs and al

in:
fe

“ Chingse

a i}

"badge. and ‘revolver. from. the
a special. officer in chargé,
‘men were assaulted during the
disturbarices. in various places,
‘All saloons in the affected dis-
trict- were. ordered closed.

hibited,, but ‘much had’ already
been purchased.
tharched at will, the police of the]
various towns being powerless to
check their depredations,

| ground and on thelr way include

= {gung - have -also- been sent from

the i ‘imine-owners. may. ba arrived
at... J. HH Hawthornthwatte, ' ag
arbitrator ‘for the Vancouver and
Nanaimo Coal. Co,, and F, Har-
-tington, representing the United
Mine. Workers, have been nego-

was reported last night. that:.a

basis of agreement had - ‘been
reached,-

being: submitted: to the men;

store ‘and maintain order, if it
takes all the forces in the pro-
vince.

‘mine-owners hor: the atrikera,

lawbreakers ‘will be prosecuted. ".

: “Nanaimo, Aug, 16: ~Quietness
prevails today: .
believed. to. have. the - ‘situation|

armed strikers have | been arrest-
ed, ‘by. the soldiers, me

nor 'Bilzer ‘lias been impeached |;
by the legislature. ona charge of|
being: party funds for speculation)

wife created a sensation by con-
funds as charged.”

‘and. {Aeutenant-Goverhor.: Glinn
are attempting to: ‘hold, office: as

Mob Numbering a Thousand Inaugurates Reign of Terror,

In Nanaimo, Ladysmith, Extension, and South Welling-
/. ton Police Powerless -- Militia Quell Disturbance, a

s

Premier Bowser y was it » Vancoa-
ver on Wednesday ‘night, when
the Nanaimo riot became serious.
'|He telegraphed . for: the: calling
out of.the militia and hurried to
Vietoria,
‘| viously, sent from. Victoria and
Vancouver, but had been unable
j to quell the riot, those from Van-
douver. being. refised. landing by:
: an: angry mob, -who- toak his

‘ Police: ‘had: been pre-

Many

The
ale of ammunition was ‘also pY-

The rioters

- The” regiments. now on the
early, one thousand men. Maxim

Peace i is. in sight, and

eee

ispute bet:

ating. for. several ‘days, and it}:

The. terms are. now

Mr. “Bowser, said “We will’ ‘re

"We: ‘favor neither . the
8 ‘san as peace - is. ‘pasured . all
‘The. Militia are}:

ready. ‘well in. hand. ~ Many

"Governor. Tmpeached
New York, Aug. 14: i—Gover-

Wall: Street. The. governor’ 8)

ssing that she alone: used: ‘the
Both’ “Sulzer

or of the state,

Todd of Victoria, advocating: the

would not only help . colonization, |

an... army of . tourists to this},
country. :

he. said, lite or nothing: had |
theen done to“ extend’ the’ road

farther south than the é e
boundary, but dn the, ‘north: of
this province work was-now. pro: pt
gressing on-a road from Asticroft |
to ‘Hazelton. which would: con-

| border by road; except for ean
between Vancouver and _Ash-
croft.:.-
tance between Asheroft and Van-
eouver. is: “covered * by = roads, he
‘said, ‘and with, the. completion: of |*
the: government. road ver” the

and in ‘the course of. three sei
or less arrive in Hazelton} travel- ene
ing all ‘the time ‘over ood roads. at oo nk

[Terrace Excursion |
On La Labor. Day

A bie time is in is in prospect ‘for}:
Labor Day, when a picnic will],
+ be held. at Terrace, with. special
trains carrying excursions from
Prince: Rupert and Hazelton. The
Conservative associations of, the;
three’ towns have charge of the
arrangements, and a good pro-
gram, ‘including. important
speeches, games and sports, will]
interest and. entertain the large
crowd which will be i in ‘attend-
ance. It -is, expected that the
baseball and. ‘football teams of
Hazelton’ will meet the , teams
from Prince Rupert. . These
games glone will be worth going
to. see, The return fare from
either New Hazelton or South
Hazelton will be three dollars,
Tickets. may be obtained in Ha-
zelton* ‘at the postoffice, Lark-
wortthy’s or Noel & Rock’s, and
in New Hazelton at the Up: to-
Date drugstore, : —_

PACIFIC THGHWAY=
~~ MEXIGD TO HAZELTON

Vaniouver, Aug. 11:—T h. a
fourth annual convention, of. the
Pacific Hi ghways Association
épened here today, with ‘dela. |
gates from all the. cities of ‘the
Pacific coast in attendance, A. B.

construction ‘of the Pacific’ ‘High: 't
way, said nothing would redound| °
to- the ‘benefit: of. the: -whole of
this: coast’ ‘to. ‘such. ‘an ext nt as]
would ‘the - ‘Pacific highway, It

he declared, but would attract

-Owing to. the | war. ‘in “Mexico,

e
t

Four-fifths: of the: dis:
t

oa

iy

‘NTL A)

large. seale,, adh the, Rocher de
a Boule...

| Gazette: dontaias the
)| SPpdintinentas Ao

NEAR TAIL

Thirty-Foot Vein Carrying a,
Big Percentage of Copper.
Is Latest Strike Reported. _

ROCHER DE BOULE MINES.

Butie Men interested’ in Big Copper -
Property Examine Field and Are -
Greatly Pleaned-. » Expect’ ta Resume.
* Work ona Large Scale Shortly: a

A notable find of copper ‘ore. _
near Tatla lake has: been report- -
eds by J.P. ‘Thorkildson, . who.
brought in excellent , Samples of |.
bornite this. week, -He atates. -.
that.: thirty” claims. have been - i
staked . and that: a. - thirty-foot .

vein,. nearly all: mineral, hag been ..

uncovered, . Vancouver, and Ow- |,

en Sound people are - interested

with him in a- large. group, bee.

sides | which there aré. “several

claims staked by the Indiaiia who.
= first: fonnd the showing, . ~The,
claims: lie fifteen. miles north, of.
Tatla lake and: four miles. from

the Driftwood river. ‘The ore. is, ,

reported: to assay. 25. Per’ cent... in,
copper, $10. 60.1 in | aver, ° ‘and a
little gold. "

———

We" have. had: a. splendid

trip,” said P, C,: Gillis. “who: TR:
turned® on “Wednesday from: LAL,
visit to tha ‘Rogher de.
mountain... Mr

who are. > heavily. interested i in the
Rocher de Boule,.. spent. several.
daya- on ‘the -hill,-
with - Dan: d.- Williams, a well-.
known. ‘Butte. Mining. engineer. :
They, visited. thair.c own roperty,
the Ohio,’ Highland Boy and. ‘oth-.
er groups,’ cand: Were: . -greatly:
pleased with. ‘the showing...

: in. company,

‘Beat of all,” Mr: Gil i 3 Said,
“we found - that . We. could’ not

discount the statenients. which
(had: been made as ta-\thé ore-

howings. - The. claims: look much

better than.we expected, ’? | After

xpressing theit ‘appreciation, of
he: ‘manner-in‘; which:, they. had»

been treated : :by everyone they
met, and especially. by.- Frank
Brown;.who guided.them thtongh

he camp, Mrs: Gillis. Said, ‘they
esuinption, .of develo

‘He’ expects that work

The Hazelton ate ete si on H ae
the New. Hazelton team last Sun-
day,” by. a. score = oh 21-11,

New Recording 0 Office’: reed
The surrent: issue: of-the B. G: