~ is growing in seriousness. nations! Republican convention, provinces to enforce prohibition ‘the war, "army by General Byng... THE OMINECA MINER, SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1916 a 7 The World’s Doings in Brief News Notes from Many Sources ” Great Britain may nationalize the liquor industry. Half a million troops from In- dia are at the front, Ontario has imposed a ten per cent tax on amusements, - Chicago's clothing trade strike Russia kas ordered nine million pairs of boots in England. ' The Allies have seized -or captured 450 enemy ships. — ' Mount Katami and Moant lli- amna, Alaska, ‘are in eruption. In March the total seale of sawlogs. in B. C. was 43,858,794 ‘feet, - American suffragettes are talk- of a woman candidate tor preai- dent. ry Canadian schoolchildren have $800,000 on deposit in penny banks, _ The C.N.R. has taken an option on a $250,000 hotel site in Van- couver, A storm of unusual violence swept over eastern Oregon: on Sunday. A fire in the business’ section of Winnipeg caused a loss of $400,000. , . Congress proposes to appropri- ate $3,000,000 for submarine bases at Panama, Great Britain has purchased -Norway’s entire output of animal and fish oils, =‘ _. Six battalions of of B.C. troops will be concentrated at Vernon this summer, General Townshend’s sick and wounded are to be exchanged for -Turkish prisoners, Alberta labor men want a com- “pensation bill modeled on the ‘new B.C, measure, Chicago ia preparing for the which will open on June? The federal legislation to aid .passed the senate by a vote of cx -_ A sensation has been caused by _the arrest of Swedish merchants in Berlin. The charges are not -known, Great Britain and Germany have agreed.on the exchange of wounded prisoners, through Swit+ zerland, ‘Leading dye concerns in Ger- many are forming a combination to protect their interests after A despatch says Germany will ‘seize ull German vesgels in home ‘portsonJunel, The object is not disclosed. A plot to kidnap Sir Edward, .Carson at a holiday resort in the county of Antrim, Ireland, hag been discovered, _ After teing on strike for a day Vancouver milk drivers returned to work, the dispute being sub- ‘mitted to arbitration. . General Alderson is retnrning to England. He will be succeeded in command of the Canadian ;, Robert Fay and Walter Scholtz awere convicted at New York of ships, and were sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment. Paul Dash was given two years, “A new gun, smokeleas and noiseless, with. a range of seven miles, has been invented by an American woman. ” The New South Wales cabinet the upper house at the demand of the labor party. At Sudbury the police have ‘trounded up a gang of cheque swindlers who have been operat: ing throughout Ontario. - In New York prominent men; including Roosevelt, head an organization to furnish funds and supplies for Allied hospitals, A new American expedition has crossed the Mexican border in pursuit of -the bandits who committed outrages in Texas. Norway has formally - notified France and Britain that she holds the'seizure of parcel mails to be contrary to the Hague convention. At least four men were killed and one hundred injured in an explosion at the Atlas powder works, Hopatcong, N.J., on: Tues- day... Three Swedish Socialistic edit- ors have been sent to jail for three years for advising soldiers to go on strike if Sweden enters the war. Tn order to complete its busi- ness before the end of the month, the provincial legislature will hold night sittings, beginning next week. Thirty-seven unarmed British merchant shins -and 22 neutral vessels. were torpedoed without warning between April 7 and May 7. Swift & Co., the meat packers, have been found guilty of infrac- tions of the interstate commerce laws, and now face possible fines of $525, 000. It is reported in Ottawa that Sie Wilfrid Laurier will relinquish the leadership of the Liberal par- ty, a8 a result of difficulties over the bi-lingual dispute, The great tunnel through the Selkirks at Rogers Pass, on the Cc. P. R., is expected to be com- pleted in September, The main heading has been driven 42 miles, France has an aeroplane of new design, which has twice beaten all records for speed, These machines are declared to. best planes, At Wyandotte, where hundreds of employees of the Michigan Alkali Co, are on strike, one man was killed and six injured in a battle between strikers and dep- uty sheriffs, Abnormal weather conditions in California culminated in a killing frost on Sunday, ‘The damage to grapes and vegetables, estimated at $2,600,000, ia thé greatest on record in the state. -- The number of casualties among’ civilians in the uprising in Ire- land is given as 180 killed and 614 wounded. Fourteen rebels have been executed, . Seventy-three conspiracy ‘to destroy munitions hard labor. | has resigned rather than abolish be far superior to Germany’s|j . accounting forthe full guantity of mer- | J .:, The lease willinelude the coal mining |B received sentences of penal ser |: vitude and six imprisonment with Servia hag now a navy, having purchased the destroyer Velika from Italy, At the' end of the war, it is is reported, Servia isto have a port, and each of: the Allies, wil] present King Peter with two vessels as the nucleus ofanavy. — The senate is considering a motion providing that when a government measure is rejected in the senate during two consee- utive seasions, the commons shall have the power at the next en- suing session to pass: such bill without further reference to the senate, The Anti-German League of Toronto proposes the prohibition of all German and Austrian express his appreciation of min- ing conditionson Rocher de Boule mountain, which he describes as really a ridge of mountains ex- tending for between nine and ten miles, In this zone the pre- vailing mineral conditions com- prise ledges of copper-gold ore earrying considerable values in the precious meta! and high per- centages of copper, This is in strong distinction to the high grade silver-Jead ores of the same camp, but lying in the opposite direction. Mr. Sharp indicates that there wilt probably be quite an active season there this year, as the camp is receiving consider- able attention from the outside mining world, Headgear For Children A complete stock of summer hats and caps for children, com- prising all the neweat. styles in straws, felts, cloth and tulle, in various colors and at all prices, has just been placed on display at the store of R, Cunningham & Son, Ltd, THE ROYAL LUNCH Gives the Best Meal For the Lowest Price Opp. Police Office, Hazelton LEE JACKMAN : : Prop. importations during the war and the. imposition: of 4 75 per cent |= surtax on enemy goods after the! f close of hostilities. The barring iF of German immigrants in the:& future is also urged. OTe ee ne oe SPEAKS WELL OF _ HAZELTON MINES | Hazelton, beginnin DENTISTRY Dr. BADGERO will be located in g May 17, 1916. q 3 (Vancouver Province) ‘Bate Alexander Sharp, mining engin- eer, has returned from making an examination of the Hazelton View and Indian groups of min- eral claims on behalf of the Vancouver owners of these prop- erties, These claims are situated Se eT TT co Tc os UE TELUS LL Hudson’s Bay Company HAZELTON, B.C. Lee) ’ on the well known Rocher de Dry.Goods, Boots & Shoes, Wholesale Liquors. Boule mountain near the town of Hazelton and indeed adjoin the’ latter property. A number of. veins have been located on the! Hazelton View and Indian groups H. B. We have just received a shipment of. RUM containing high gold values and as they are of the true fissure variety, being found in granite, Look at these prices; SCREEN DOORS at $1.50, $1.25 and $1.00 - strong hopes are entertained that successful operations wil) speedi- ly result, The men behind this venture are among the’ best Take a look at our. ALCOWAXK HEATERS COMPANION; CHAFING DISH; NICKEL KETTLE USHOBACEASESELSPONRHL Aa CS ARETE AUNEDT OFANAUNGMNATE COU TURUNEN A TAUTEHT ISTIC LARERUNLAEE known {in Vancouver and the management will be guided by SHUULADENLTONRQOUL UCLA TUMEUMNEUOOUAAUNECCORENIEENUUDEE CAO EOOMEA ELIDA COSHUEAREHIEUCREUEEITDSULOOOES9gQn0D HEHE Oe ees UU ere Eke Un eee cre entre "he Sharp dint hesitate o (CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY) Canadian Pacific Railway. all Eastern Points via steamer Synopsis lations. S. 5. “Princess 2ist May lat, 12th, ‘ Lowest rates Prince Rupert to 77 ips to Vancouver and Car eben tae Sg Meals and berth included on steamer ‘ of Coal Mining Regu. | For VANCOUVER, VICTORIA and SEATTLE 5.5. “Princess Maquinna”’ leaves Prince Rupert overy SUNDAY, at 6 p.m. his” leaves Prince Rupert on Apri 23rd and June 2nd, 4.1. Peters, General Agent, 8rd Ave. & 4th St., Prince Ru B.C rd Ave, pert, We are prepared ta supply private i and public conveyances day and # at South Hazelton or New Harelton.- | BEST DRY BIRCH, $5.50 A CORD Consign your shipments In Our Care for Storage or Delivery. Addresn all communications to Hazelton. Rudd . & MacKa HAZELTON and NEW HAZELTON §f OAL mining rights of the Dominion, in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, the Yukon Territory, the Northwest Territories and in a portion of the- Province of British Columbia, may be leased for a term of twenty-one Sn _ years at an annual rental of $1 an| #@ ee eee bere. Nat mote than. 2,660 acres will | ¥i eage one applicant, vl E ¢ i h A plication for & lease muat be made | | Xpress, enera y the applicant in person e Agent | im or Sub-Avgent of the district in which { ' the rights applied for aro sitnated. | LIVERY and STAGES In surveyed territory the land must|# night. Our stages meet all traino be described by sections, or legal sub- |] ivisions of sections, and in ungurveyed ||f ‘térritory' the Watt applied for shall be staked out by the applicant himself, ; Each application must be accompani- ed by a fee of $5, which will be refund- ed if the rights Applied for are not |f available, but not otherwise, A royal-|9 ty shalt be paid on the merchantable output of the mine at the rate of five cents per ton, 7 ara The person. operating the mine shall | § furnish the Agent with aworn returns | @ chantable coal mined and royalty thereon. If the coal mining |¥ rights ‘are not being operated, such|& returns should be furnished at least| § once A year, : aay the : righte only, but the lessee may be per | mitted to Burchase whatever available | § surface righte may be considered nec- |} egsary for the working of the mine at! & the rate of $10.00 an acre, . For full information application should: be made to the Secrotary of the Deputy Miniater of the Interior. NBO: Af Me nauthorized publication ot 18 — For further information apply to ight and ] Asat, Gen. thid'edvertisement wil not be paid for. | O* A+ MeNicholl, Aut. Gen Department .of the, Interior, Ottawa . . or to any Agent or, Sub-Agent of II Commencing Thursday, March #0 Dominion Lan . W. CORY . Steamer will eall at 12 noon for Ketchican, Wrangall, Juneau, Skagway. . * , ‘ 0 Connections rande between Trains and Steatsers,. od any Grand ‘Trunk Pacific Agent,or to | and every Thurtday theronfter, mnaer Agen Prince Ruperts (MG ff.