HAZELTON, B. Cy’ SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1914... - PRICE $2.00 A ‘YEAR | Place | Blane on : THE YOKON.. Member Believes: Line From | G.T. P. to Northern Teni- “tory i is Assured — r ~ Railway” “communication: ‘be: “tween. Northern - British’ Colam- 2 bid,: the Yukon“and~ “Alaska. will : Inevitably follow ‘the- completion oe * ofthe Canadian, Northern Paci- "fie and. the operation of the Grand Trunk Pacific” Railways, - in the oe opinion of Dr. Alfred Thompson, “M P. for ‘the . Yukon, whoi is on ‘hia way baek. tothe north after tending the - session of the “Dominion house. *- ; “The next great railway, to be -eonatructed: in- Canada,” he’: ‘pre- “dicts, “will: be from a point: ‘on > the Grand Trunk Pacifie: in: Brit: ish Columbia through the north:’ “ern. part of. the province ‘and the » Yukon to connect with a system ae which i is to be built by the United |: = States’ ‘government: in ‘Alaska. This will open ups vast territory in: Northern - British” Cotumbia and Southern Yukon, and ‘give Officer of Storstad||.” Quebec, July 18: The collier |: Storstad i is-held.to- blame forthe the: finding?’ of ‘the’ wreck om. mision, ~ The commission’ holds ~ | that’ the disaster, was due to the! Storstad’s: ehange- of ‘course ‘or-|. dered | -by the third, officer, with- out: ‘instructions from: the: first} officer, ‘who: was in “charge: ‘of. the) collier at the time. ‘The Empress|: waa. ‘sunk in ‘the St. Lawrence River on May 29. with @ loss of more than 1000 lives, "= 2 ’ Taking” ‘up the question ” “of ‘blame the’ report, said: “We think that. Captain Ken: ‘| dall swould have better: ‘advised’ if he: had given the Storstad a wid. ship 80 Ag to- have passed “the Storstad. at. a greater distance on “his bear than’ he“ originally |: intended, We do not think, how- ever, that his stopping, which was done for greater caution, can ‘be said to. have, been: an “unsea-!. manlike act, nor do we consider his. failure. to give a wider berth. as. a. contributory cause of “the disustar.” Local and District News Notes Police Captare Man | Charged With Shooting Smithers on Monday. a : Empress ‘of Ireland. disaster, in}. che Lorne Creek: ‘an Saturday. aa pert, is a Visitor i in Hazel n, sah. for a business trip to ‘Rupert. - staff, came down. from: Smithers moe who has. been in the Hospital for several weeks, under treatment for rheumatism, i isnow convales-|. cent, and expects ‘to ‘return to - qhis station ‘in about a week. ‘on Sunday, was among the week’s visitors in ‘Hazelton, , : r b th: d had. er her an ha navigated, bis Mrs. ‘Bab. Stariek at Gitwangak the other ar day. F, B. Chettleburgh of Telkwa.on Saturday, July. L. a son, of Skeena Crossing, were in town’ on Wednesday: - " Dr, Maclean was down: from Lh: Py - Peavson was ‘Up. ‘trom Lb We ‘Sheahan: of. Pringe: Ru} A c. K. Sealy left on ‘Thikada) oa A. MeDonaid, of ‘the.- ‘road Ww, “A, Gardiner, ‘at ran A ‘son. waa born ‘to Mr, wal’ “A sofi was born to Mr. sana Mrs. ‘B. R: Jones and: M.. R Taine The raina of the last. week. have|! {route to Groundhog with a-party, | Was compelled to return from Third Cabin, owing to. an: injury » [to his foot. He arrived. on n Sun- day. . : Los | “Road Sia dabendei a went “to Pacifie on the ministers’ special train on Saturday, todiseuss road “| matters with Hon. Megara. Bow-| “*) ser and. Ross and Mfr, Manson. ~ returned ‘on Tuesday ‘ftom ‘the “2 | Groundhog. trail, which is, now in {excellent condition, son has gone to the Bulkley ‘Val- _ .fley, to attend-to- ‘his mining in- are tereats, . oe ;,| building: towers for the cable ferry which is tocross the Skeena ‘at Hazelton. For the present, a Frank Watson, who was en! On Wednesday evening railway officials reported to Chief Consta- ble. Minty thet Sam Morris, a negro, . had shot R McDonald, section foreman at Topley, . fifty ~. {miles east of Smithers, and that the criminal, heavily armed, was making hus way westward, The chief immediately ‘inatracted Constables ‘Fairbairn, Kelly: and the line, to proceed to the scene, at the same time sending. special meén to Simithers and other peints to guard the railway: and roads. On Thursday Constables Fair- bairn and Russell found that Morris had left the line at Bar- fett’s siding, They traced him to Barrett’s ranch, where they arrested him. Yesterday the prisoner was brought to Hazelton by Conatables Lavery and Hamb- lin, : Tt -appears- that MeDonala had some. words with Morris, whe : Twas‘ one of the section gang. The latter procured a revolver and | fired. a number of shota, seriously ‘wounding McDonald, The victim was taken to Prince AL Johnson, of Second. Cabin, ‘Ed. Simpson ‘and his trail « crew ‘Mr. Simp- A mall ‘crew is engaged in Russell, who § are stationed. ‘alone |; PUT NO LIMIT ON EXCLUSION House of Lords Makes’ Im- ‘portant Amendment to Bill . For Irish Home Rule ~ land Bill, made large- changes. in the measure, - eliminating” the clusion shall apply to Ulster aS @ province, tary of state. at Washington; ‘Tiag : “by any niéans,’ ae ney, C.: B, to-the boundary line of the Yukon’ on the 1dlst. merid- dan weit, making It possible’ to = take. .B train.in. Vancouver and . Tide ta ‘the ahores of Behring Sea, tay ta™ ‘the ‘oitles of- British Co: “the. itreatest amount of this trade ~ will come to. Vancouver. eo This ‘ig: not.a vislonary pro- ‘Dro “Thonipson © added, signified” his ‘willingnéss” te con- _-Btruct, -a-braneh’ of the Alaskan ~s gyetem to the’ Yukon’ ‘boundary, ~ and. Sir’ Richard. ‘MeBride, ig; "I. “yunderstand, very willing to have ~ government: ‘co-operate with the : ‘Federal, government in building| the _ British. Columbia ‘section, Whei the: time is ripe-I believe that’ Tean get the: Dominion gov-|. nt. to. b ld. the Yukon Bec: Diseyssing: the: : Dealing: with the ‘ortlng of the Storsted’s. chelm,. the. report says the’ ‘commission is. unabla to ‘accept the view that, it-was fone), to’ counteract -the effect:-of:a| 1 ATRL Wllstnale "an empire: tetbys -enrrent-and aa: ‘en-act-of sprient | Pas ne vigation, a “Tumba, and I- ‘have no. doubt that}: We are of the opinion,” the report. proceeds, “'thatChief Of negligent i in omitting. to call the’ captain. when the! fog was coming ones. “We can’ “come to-no other con- clusion. than that? “‘Tuftens” Was ‘wrongand negligentinaltering his|- ‘course in the- fog. ashe undoubt- edly did, and that: he: Wes wrong and - negligent. : in. keeping ‘the navigation the : own. hands, and i in failing to call ‘the ‘captain when he-saw the ‘fog coming on” GENERAL Ti Ty 24TH ~ Arcangements are. being. made] oN for holding thé annual geriera}| reat agricul-| picnic-of, Hazelton; districtin the] =. tural 1 pomsites ct of the Yukon, : recreation: ‘park. ‘at the ‘Hospital 4] on ‘Friday, ‘July 24. Definite an. | bee made: within a day: or: two. . CA large attendance: 1B. expect- 0} ed, and those in charge ‘are’ con- "{fident that’ the “quecess of: inst} year’s. pienic: will. ‘be repeated. i Everyone in’ the Wo ‘towns’ and | | ieighborhood -. is’: requested - to make: ne. ‘engagement: ‘that will © conflict ‘with’ thia event... throughout t the ditrit, . “Hin commlaston, | hoped.a large ecow can be placed Tha work {s in Rupert. Hoapital, where a builet was extracted from hia chest. He ig not thought to: be in serious of. “amen ‘Lather returned ‘yess terday. from: ‘atrip to the Bulkley Valley, on. forestry business, , cer Tuftens of ‘the’ Storatad ' was! session - of . his gw. blacksmith |: shop in the weat, end of town. 7 in; a runaway’ accident several | weeks ago, ta recovering at the; Hospital. ed yesterday with a crew of 1 men,, to ‘complete the ‘Nine-mile oad] to the Silver Cup, » ..| nouneement ‘of. the. prograni ; will aoa Darling. shaving secured position ve in the smelter town, _ attention, of. many. fowaspes ole i ‘Theodor Salomo has taker ‘pos: A daughter was born to. Mr. | and ‘Mra. 8.8. C rum at the- Ha- zelton | Hospital on Monday, aly. - Dave. Miller; who was injured| Se mmeniaimieeaa’ Foreman To AL McDonald start- “Born—At ‘Hazelton “Hospital on Wednesday, July 16, a 6on''té the wife of Lee Jackman, of: the Skeena, Laundry. a Roy. Clothier arrived from “Ruil, | pert on: ‘Monday to’ join his. ‘bro: ther, George in the: ‘operation of |. the. ‘Silver- Cup mine on. Nitie mile. 7 * a, cee eg TS ‘Mea, Darling ‘and children “ef Thursday for Granby Bay, where| ‘they will ‘reside in- future,’ ‘Mr,’ *feoutfihtne in the Skeena and | Bulkley* ‘tivers” ig. . engaping: “the \ charge of Road ‘Superintendent per, Carr. - | uaePho-annnal, school: meeting v was |. held on Saturday. evening, in the ‘schoolhouse, - and.‘the’ following ; trustees were elected: “RE, AlL len, ‘three ‘years;. two. years; W.:W.. Anderson, one year, auditor, mining man, arrived on “Wednes: day from the Omineca river dis+} 13." BOP -) | trie, where che hag a.number™ of |; . mining interesta, well of the placer developments of the season, "| quartz groups he uncovered some | very. rich: ‘silver-lead ore. left a crew akwork. on the elaima, ane _ the. Prince Rupert city police (ne | Fores, ‘has been appolnted Domin- ion constable for. this district, in succession ‘to: Sam’ Calkins, who recently secured. a transfer. to _-|sniother branch of ‘the federal ~“|gervite,, -Conatable Hamblin ar- rived “from Rupert on “Moriday, to. take up his residence here, - GOVERNMENT ‘ACTION © -Ottawa,. July: 18:—Lora Meis| Bey, the head of. the commisston on. the enquiry into the Einpresa disaster, ia: in: Ottawa, , His re- oy port. ‘in its entirety ‘will be pre- -lgented .to the. “government and}? thereafter ° the. ‘qovernmetit.W ‘ will |” : eonsider what action it a take! ‘danger, unless complications, de- velop, , Moria appeared, hofore Magie: was remanded for a week, Wm: “Grant, po Huerta’s Eiseutions © “son, Saltillo, Mexico, July 18 cE Wo hundred and thirty persons were reported executed in Mexico City | . “|by. Huerta, according to news from the South received here by Constitutionalists. One hundred. and seventy of H. H, Little was chogen . Dr. Stanwood, the well-known _ He speaks) ont to death in the Federal péni- tentiary and sixty executed in the prison of Santiago Tlaltela- loo.. Most of the victims, iti is said, were officials. TIGERS TO PLAY SMITHERS On one of. his He “Harry: Hamblin, “Formerly of The. Tigers leave this evening for Smithers, to play two games with the ball team of the Valley town, in both games played ‘at New Hazelton - this: ‘week, but will probably put: up a'good argument |; for: thé last two- games of the series, Hazelton -has one of the | best teams in ita history, and the boys are. confident: of winning. ‘The. line-up will” be as follows: G. G. Rock ¢; EB. Pike p; J, “A, NOT, DECIDED UPON E. Lipp: lf; Wed, Lynch ef;- de O'Shea rf} Bert Long; utility .. Dictator will Resign Vere Crag,’ July” 18: Theis re: “| port ‘thet, ‘Huerta intends to, re. what aetion| 0 trate Hoskins this” morning and . these were said to’ have been |. Smithers was - defeated) | Macdonald . 1b; Rod. Rock 2b; RC.’ Sinclair Sb; ‘Doe Rok : BaF be no drawing back. immediate © future, erta: leailer ‘ould: see no o evidence of: quith has announced i inthe house” of commons that the. ‘Ieleh amendidg bill will be dealt with before the commons adjourn. .- The new session. will begin in the early part of thé-winter, but Premier Asquith has offered no . (ae information. as. to the - probable "|duration of the present session, - but. many. people say it will. end sometime in. Auguat. ..° inherent i in ‘the existence of two - armed volunteer: bodies and has imbued Irishmen since they. real- ize their added responsibility. - The Battle of Boyne was com- memorated yesterday'with trem- endous enthusiasm which was. more noticable by the abgence of disorder than on past oceasions, os Following the custom, a. great | procession marched: to “Belfast. and Drumbeg, where Sir Edward~ - "|Carson made the now familiar 7 speech of defying. the govern-— ~ ment to either totally. exclude Ulster from home rule or come bo ves fight. oS Larne, Ireland, July 18: tg pe it is not to be peace with. honor, | Unionist leader,.in addressing the Central: Antrim volunteers. here. “There i is no alternative,’’. ‘Sir Edward said the Ulaterites — | were not aggressive, but they had. ~ told. the government that they - would never submit tobeing: turn- Jed outof the Imperial Parliament, and by that decision they. would stand, - ‘They. would win: down. together, but, thes he ” Ulate . The ‘recognition of - danger i he it must be war. with honor, ’* said. Sir Edward Carson, the Ulster