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VOL.. V, NO. 41°

HAZELTON, B. C., SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1916

PRICH. $2.00 A YEAR

Britain’s Greatest: Soldier Goes
Down in Wreck of the
Hampshire

London, June6:—Kitchenerand
his staff were on their way to
Russia on- the cruiser Hampshire, |
which was lost in 2 storm off the
Orkney Islands. All on board
were probably drowned. Ad-
=  miral Jellicoe thinks it will prove
a: impossible ever. to recover the
na bodies, The cruiser may have
- been sunk by a mine;

London,Jn.7: Britain is mourn-
ing for Lord Kitchener. The
scant hope that he--might have
found his way to land has been
dissipated. Admiral Jellicoe has
reported that the Hampshire was
sunk to the west of the Orkneys,
by.a mine or torpedo, LHarl
Kitchener, General Ellershaw,
Sir Frederick Donaldson and
others of the staff were aboard,
on their way to Russia on a
- gpecial mission, Four boats were
seen to leave the sinking cruiser,
_ but a heavy sea was running and
only one boat and some bodies
were found.
Sir William Robertson, chief of
F. the Imperial staff, took over the
‘war secretaryship when Lord
|: Kitehener started on the journey
a and itis generally believed” he
will retain the portfolio,

LOCAL AND DISTRICT —__
NEWS PARAGRAPHS

B, C, Alexander,of Vancouver,
was here on Monday.

A. MeAra; of Telkwa,has join-
4 ed the Army Medical Corps.
A, -Allison, of Prince Rupert,
| 6° Ss was among Monday's. arrivals.
Robert Gough left this week to

: join the 103rd Battalion at Vie-
toria.

E. M. "Hoops,'c of Telkwa, was
here for 'a couple of days this
a week,

2 tint ca re ne ie
ae

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: aq Jack Young, who spent the
winter at Alice Arm, has returned
to Hazelton.

G. A. MeAlpine was among the
‘Edmonton men who visited Ha-
zelton this week.

George Dover, of the’ forest
branch, was up from Terrace
during the week..

Mrs. C. W. Homer, ‘of Prince
Rupert, is visiting her sister,
Mra, J. C. K. Sealy.

’ Mra, James MacKay and little
daughter have returned from
their visit to Calgary.

Misa Davis, of Chilliwack, ar-
rived ‘on Thursday to join the
nursing staff at the Hospital.

John Newick, who was a lay
delegate to the Methodist confer-
ence,. returned on Thursday.

i. Welch, assessor for Omineca,

- returned” yesterday from au offi-
cial trip. through the Bulkley
Valley. ‘

. The good wishas of the citizens
‘of Hazelton’ were. telegraphed: to
the local men of the 102nd -last

EARL KITCHENER IS DEAD

| @ general attack along the entire

Petrograd: The Austrian front
has been completely broken for a
length of 94 miles and to a depth.
of nearly forty miles. The Rus-
sian advance in Volhynia and
Galicia threatens to envelop the
entire Austrian army in that re-
gion,
tacked from the east and north,
The capture of an additional 185
officers and 13,714 men has been
reported, and the Anstrian losses

The enemy is being at-

in this. drive are estimated at
200,000. “Austrian Slay regiments
surrendered at the first attack,
without any real resistance, The
Russian success is largely due to
the unprecedented use of artil-
lery, surpassing in intensity any
previous efforts on either side
along the eastern front.”

Paris: The Germans launched

Verdun front east of the Meuse,

at one point ‘near, Thiaumont
farm. They wert’ repulsed every-
where else with-heavy loss. Two
small attacks southwest of Hill
304 were repulsed.

General Joffre is in
He attended an import-

London:
London,
ant conference’ at the foreign
office today, with Paul Camhon,
the French amasseador, Sir Ed-
ward Grey and the members of

the war council.

London: There was a brief
naval engagement off the coast
of Belgium yesterday, between
British and German. destroyers.
The enemy craft were driven
back to Zeebrugge.. There, were
no casualties on our destroyers.

Rome: Evidence is accumulat-
ing to show that Greece is bound

AUSTRIANS DRIVEN FORTY MILES

RUSSIANS BREAK THROUGH ENEMY LINES.
GREAT. SLAUGH TER CONTINUES AT VERDUN

rand. penetrated the French line, by a secret agreement with the

Teutonic alliance,
Italians are checking Austrian
attacks south of Trentand Asiero,

‘London: Several bodies from
the cruiser Hampshire, including
that of Col. Fitzgerald, have been
brought to Thurso, Scotland.
There are persistent rumors, that
Lord Kitchener escaped, but no
reason for such reports can be

discerned,

London, A correspondent of
the Times, who has wnusual op-
portunies for ascertaining the
feeling and actual: conditions in
Anstria - Hungary, says an im-
portant member of a neutral

legation wrote from Vienna that
the. general misery.. was .. inde-
scribable. Everybody is talking
of the awful revolution that will
come if the war Insts much
longer.

mittee, The battalion is expected
to leave for England today or
| tomorrow..:

D. B. Morkill returned on Mun-
day from the Hazelton View and
Indian groups, having completed
the survey,

A smali crew is engaged in re-
placing the: wagon bridge which
wes recently burnt at 21-mile on
the Kispiox road.

Premier Bowser, accompanied
by Hon. W.R.Ross and Hon. Wm.
Manson, is expected to arrive in
Hazelton on June 19.

J. E. Gilmore, the popular ‘ho-
tel man who formerly conducted
the Premier at Rupert, is now
manager of the Hazelton Hotel,

Superintendent Carr has had
the fallen timber cut out of the
wagon road to Skeena Crossing,
which was blocked as a result of
the recent bush fire,

Government Agent Hoskins has
been gazetted registrar of voters
for Omineca district, and is now
engaged in’ preparing the lists
for the general-election, = '

Rev.-W. M. Scott returned’ on
Thursday from‘attendance at, the
Methodist conference at Vancou-
ver, but will only remain here
for a brief time, aa he is to be
stationed at Prince George. _ He
wil be succeeded by Rev. | Mark

1 e, .

F. E. McFeely, of the. firm: of
MeLennan, MeFeely, & Co., Van-
conver, was. in town this week:

northern interior, and, is much
impressed with ‘ the: possibilities

my

night” by § the Boldiers’ Aid Cae.

He has. traveled through ‘the!

MINING NEWS OF .
HAZELTON DISTRICT

A notable party.of Vancouver
men arrived on Thursday, and is
now engaged in looking over the
Hazelton View—in which the
members are interested — and
o her mines on Rocher de Boule
mountain. . The visitora are A.
Erskine Smith, George E, Trorey,
‘Alfred Shaw, Charles EH. Berg
and little Archie Smith. They
are accompanied on their trip to
the mines by D. B. Morkil!l and

‘| Duke Harris,

The Halliday. and Whitmore &
Orr groups of copper claims,, .lo-
cated at the head of Legate ereek,
near Pacific, have been’ bonded
by Price, Aitken & Marly, Seattle
men who have been mining in
the Yukon for several years and
are now entering. this district.
3. J. Price, one of the operators,
was here this week-to buy pack-
horses, which will be used to
transport the ore, 80) tons of
which is ready for shipment.
Two camps will be established.
Mr, Price states that his outfit
has’ just shipped 2000 tons of
very rich silver-lead ore from
Galena Créek, Mayo district, Y.
T., to the Selby smelter.

The Three Lakes group, North
Bulkley, . owned by: Wilson Bros.
& Reiseter,.is reported bonded to)
Frank Brown, ©.

M. W. Sutherland and. Rod
McCrimmon have'gone up ‘to the
Copper Ridge group, .recently ac-

of the country, pepectanty. in . the
Hazelton district, ae

| ‘Vqaleed by Mr. Sutherland “and?

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associates, to make an examina-
tion preparatory to beginning
development work.

Dockrill & Jefferson have bond-
ed the Hazelton-Bourgon-Rogers
group of claims on Dome monun-
tain.

Frank Martin and J.J. Hibbard
went up to Bear river today, to
look over some mining” property.

W. R. Blackburn, the’ mining
man, returned yesterday from a
visit to Prince George, He ex-
pects to remain in this camp for
some time,

The New Cabinet |

Victoria, June 8:-—Following is
the composition of the cabinet
with which the provincial admin-
istration will gd tothe country in
the general election:
' Premier and Attorney-General,
Hon. W. J. Bowser; Minister of
Landa, Hon. W. R. Ross; Minister
of Mines and Acting Minister of
Finance, Hon, J. Lorne Campbell;
‘Minister of Agriculture, Hon.
William Manson:' Minister of
Public Works,Hon: Thos, Taylor;
Provincial Secretary. nd Minister
of Education, Hon, A.G. Maguire;
President of the Council, Hon.
Ernest Miller.

No announcement has been
made aa to the appointment of a
minister of finance,

Methodist Church
Rev. W. M.‘Seott will preach |.
tomorrow evening on the subject:

HAZEL TON PROGRESS CLUB

Organization Formed to Pro-
mote the Development
of the Town

That Hazelton’ sspiritof optim-
ism and confidence in the future
has returned. was plainly mani-
fested on Tuesday evening, when
a public meeting was held in St.
Andrew’s Hall for the organiza- *

‘tion of Hazelton Progress Club,

which had its inception at the
recent business men’s meeting.
There was a good attendance and

{the proceedings were marked by

unanimity and good feeling, The
citizens pledged their hearty sup-
port to the movement, which,
under the direction of anenergetic
executive committee, is certain
to prove of great benefit to Ha-
zelton and the rich district of
which it is the center.

The report of the organization
committee, recommending a com-
prehensive constitution for the
Club, was read by R. 8. Sargent
and was unanimously adopted.

An executive committee of nine
was nominated in the report and
was elected, to hold office for the
balance of the year, Thosechosen
were: President, A.R Macdonald; ,
vice-President, J. F. Maguire:
Secretary, R. J. Rock; Treasurer,
Wm.' Ware; R. S.-Sargent..C. V.
Smith, J. O’Shea, W. J. Sanders,
Stuart J. Martin.

Brief addresses, all expressing
faith in the future of Hazelton,
were delivered by J, F. Maguire,
Dr. Wrinch. Rev. John Field,
-W. J. Sanders, R. 5S. Sargent, .
F. E, McFeeley and the chair- .
man.

At the conelusion of the meet-
ing the executive committee or-
ganized by appointing sub-com-
mittees to deal with the various
matters which had been suggested
for consideration.

Arrangements are being made

\for permanertt club rooms, .in--

which a display of ores from the
various mines of the district will
be open for inspection, and where
information concerning the dis-
trict and its resources will be
available to visitors.

The organization. of the Prog-°
ress Clab i is hailed by all citizens
as an indication that the ‘‘Hazel-
ton Spirit’? still lives and that the
town will hold its own in the era
of prosperity which: is now in
sight.

Our Annual Picnic

"It is probable that the annual
pienic in the Hospital park will |
beheld this year on July 1. It
will be conducted for the benefit

of the Red Cross, and will doubt-
lesaly prove as enjoyable as each
of the previous affairs, -

Pekin: | Yuan “Shi ‘Kai died
suddenly. It is reported he WAS -
poisone last ‘week,

Coming Events

Crosa ‘Surgical Supply. Committes, ah.
Andrew’s Hall, § p.m.

June- 16—Flannel Dance” in aid of.
School, in Assembly: Hath

“Not Ashamedof the Gospel.'?|
Special muste, All ave invited.

- daly 1—-Annual General. Pleale, in- ald
of, Red Cross, in Hompleat Park:

‘Jane 14—Working Meeting of Red

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