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VOL: ML ‘NO; 43

HAZELTON, B, C.,, SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 1917 A

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~ GOMMISSIONER FOR NINES

‘Govérnment Representative will
Operate Coal Mines of |
_, District 18.

to end thacéal strike in Alberta
and eastern B.C. is a failure.
~The coal operators reject the
proposed agreement. The absence
of a clause preventing an aprupt

, ‘Stoppage of. work is the rock on
-which: negotiations were shat-

’ |‘ tered.- An increase of wages
and the appointment of a com-
“mission to make future revisions
of the. wage scale were accepted
by the mitfe-owners,

poe 18:~The attempt

é
“Calgary, June 19;—The' efforts

of R. F. Green to bring ‘about a
‘settlement. of the western céal
‘strike have: proved futile. . The
" government i is likely. to take over
and operate the mines, - =

Ottawa, June 21 The opera-
tion of the Alberta and British]:
. Colnmbia coal mines™ ‘under - gwav-
“érmment direction has been rec-|-
ommended to the cabinet by R.
By Green, M. P Action wilt be
i _ tren at ones.

-

7 ‘Ottawa, June 28:-An. order-in-
councils passed * today. . appoints

he goal mines” in district, 18..He
will, ‘leave at‘once ‘for Calgary’ ‘to
pen: ‘the: ‘mines,” and will have
thority to ‘fix® wages: and | ithe
: price of Coal, ete .

-Ruaifan Railroad Situation.

" : Washington, : Sune’20: — The.
American railway: commission,
after. & partial inspection of the |
“Russian. ‘railroad resources js con- |.
. fident that, even considering ‘the
“existing deficiency in rollingatock,
* these: resources may | ie ineréased-|;
* three-fold. : Big piers are under] -
“construction | at Viadivostok, and]:
the ‘commissign, is. now hunting |:
best locations: for. much needed /
Tepair, shops, oy

: National Service Shirkors’’
‘Ottawa, * June 22:—Over - ‘one
‘hundred: thousand Cauadians re-
> turned their national servicd cards
unanswered: “The names. of.:
- majority - ‘of. these have. been

“pecured. The defaulters are ben.

. lieved. to: be principally. single}:
men of military age, :

Fires Cause. Much Damage
- Montreal, June 21; — Three |: :
towns: within a radiud of forty

“W. He Armstrong: of Vancouver, |.
- to. be’ commissioner to- operate :

Prisoners, a

‘Montagu of Beanlien, ‘in making

“wit ‘Lbecome effective, and mails
| ‘| will close as follows at Hazdltn ;

| day and ‘Fridays,:/at 7 aym
* : / | Registered: mail cloges: not later:
than 4:30 the evening before, .

wilt tarry mail westbound on Sun-

Petrograd: German airplanes
along the Russian northern front
have dropped leaflets. saying:
“Thanks for: the long: rest and
fraternization, which enabled us
to transfer troops to the western
front to hold up the attack of the
British and French.. There’are |;
now enough , vtransferred. We
are pottig to fight and will fire on
fraternizers,”’ oo.
Japan has offered to- help get
Russia on the offensive once
more. oo.
Nicholas Romanoff, thé former
ezar of Russia, and. A number of
other officers will. be biaced on
‘trial ‘to prove that they: planned |_,
a separate. peace with Gerinainy.

London” ° we hades. Successfat
raids ° last night southeast: cof | 46
Queant: and i in the tigighborhpod },
of. Neave Chapelle. and: ‘Armen=
: teres. . Casualties were: inflicted:
on, the enemy. and. we. > ‘seonnted
There’ will ‘be great ‘trafic i in
the: air when the war ends, "Lord

appeal, for i its _Fegulation, would

-|siderable Dumber of Germang

‘spiritedly be: the * artillery; the

Hoiger border, * S

operate on ‘the ‘lower levels,
He proposes: the internationaliza-
tion of the. “ether above 10, 000
fdet and advocates crogs-Atlantic
travel i in thiee stages by daylight,

German: " hewspapers: are seri-
ously discussing the possibility of
zeppelin raids’ on American ‘At
lantie-séuboard towns, — ’

: General: Maurice says . no, con-

have” beet “transferred from The |”
east, to the west, ,

“Paris: “The engagement be-
tween tiie “French and Germans
which opened’ ‘on Wedriesday.. by}
a Ger man attack near Vauxaillon,
southedst “of Laon, ° continues
Finfantiy “fighting” having. ‘dieay:
down Semporanly ere

- Copentiagen:: " Austria pling a

Montenegro, and: aslice of’ ‘Italy!
is part of the modest Program.

Boris. _Reinstein,
Dr. Max Goldfarb and Dr ‘David
Oviteh, “of New j rk, ‘the Amer:
ican: Socialist. rep sentatives {Say
‘that the. declavai on of war by}.
Wilson, was s the woik. of capital-

we

scription league has been formed,

a not declared against. conigeription.

lhania, art of |
would: affect: Quebec but lightly,

of. Buifalo, |

‘RUSSO-GERMAN SITUATION CLEAR
INTRIGUING HUNS GAIN THEIR OBJECT--- eyes
- | RAIDS: CARRIED OUT ON. FRENCH FRONT

the president. was’ elosely.., allied,

Germany the victory, which had
to be prevented at all costs.

- Montreal: Ao new anti-con-|
| eriown as: the ‘Knights of af Death, "4
with the object to resist ti conserip-
tion, first by all legitimate ‘means,
and if these fail, by. any other
means, including armed | _tesist-
ance... Pa ta
“Denyinig that Qube’ would: ‘die
for England, Bourassa gays that

eastern members. . _Hle: puts. iio
faith’ “in: ‘either: Liberal or.Can+|
sér -vatives, and states Laurier has

Ottawa: The: conseriptton aet

debate ‘on: the army; service. bill.
The men there, he decldred;r marry

workers,

‘Hunger t riots j in Stettin
were ‘quelled by thé police, ae

Paris:

Lo

- New Mail Schedule

.|the new . -gutomer mail schedulé|

postoffice:. rt
‘sas ound Mondays, Weidnes-
days:and - Fridays, -at 4:30 :p
gistered mail will not -b
‘gepted’ after dpm. *
Westbound — ‘Sundays,

"Tues-

The 6 a.m. mixed - train. orily

: PREPARING: ‘FOI
On ‘and after Sunday, June 24,)0 006 N07

, "the Dominion

“ Afjusements. will: ‘be. introduced,
and: the committees in: “‘charga of
‘aftangemients’: expect to. make
this” ‘eagerly-awaited. event excel
even'the. highly
of last year, -;

ance irom all Bayt of the district

y INNU
| Active prepiifations” are going

forward for. the anit al-pienic ‘in
b. Hospital reereation . park on}.

2

Monday,” aly’ 2 “Many “ new
features i in’ the! ‘vay of sports and

cessful: affair
‘acord attend-

Day holiday: on |:

Summer Train Schedule ‘
“Following ‘is: the “new, Grand
Trunk: ‘Pacific : timetables which
becomes, effective tomdirow:. ;
Passenger trains easthound on:

due’ at South Hazelton station at
7: 10 pb. m. Mixed train at 1:56. pm.
carryingspassengers ‘only. between
Prince ‘Rupert . and ‘Smitherg,:
on: Tueaday. , “Breight: 1 285, P. ‘m.

Sunday, ;
Passenger trains westtiound are
at9:20 a.m. on Sunday,” Tuesday
and. FF riday, | ’ Mixed,* carrying
passengers between Smithers and:
Prince. -Rupert,: on “Subday at 6

ists, in "Wall, stvset;-with which

land it was ordered because’ Wall
street believed that Russia might,
conclude-a separate peace, giving

commons has heen: fooled by the

said the, -soliejtor- general in: ‘the +

young: and are "inostly aartealtnre! .

+ number. of new- maps: of.:the .”

"| engaged. for some weeks,”

Monday, Wednesday and. ‘Friday,

He will’ make his heidda artes | in,

LOCAL NEWS PARAGRAPHS

‘Items. Of General. Interest From
Hazelton and Surround.
- ing District

BR Dubold, “ot Edn ‘Edmonton, was
here this week.

J. L. Christie, of Prince Ra “|
pert, is in town. -_

H.J. Hughes, of Prince George,
‘came in on Thursday.

“RL. -MéFarland, of Varicou-
ver, arrived on Tuesday. - oe
Mrs. J. Price, of Endako, was
‘among the week's visitors,
“J. A. Stringer, of .Edmonton,
was among this week’s arrivals.

Mrs. Gilmore lef¢ on ‘Thursday 2 a.
to join her husband in: Victoria,

Miss Pearl Jackson was a pas- ,
senger on Thureday’ 3 westbound .
train. So

H.Orm and a. Nilson ‘cane
down from Lake Kathlyn this.
week.

‘Eni Gailon, Gus Norberg and ;
E, Olson went to Smithers on’
Wednesday - to work j in nthe Cronin

mine, : ,

A. E, , Carruthers, public works a
engineer, and T. T, Dunlop, road’ |
Sup eas were here, this a
week: my set “ ™“ ”

AL oR. Macdnala and, de 3.
Hicks left on Monday for a: pros-.

| necting | trip to. the’ headwaters
of. the, Finlay’ river, .

- H. N: Wright,’ travellirig p prov-
ineial auditor, left for, Victoria.on- 2
Thursday, after making an. “offi-
‘cial trip along the line: ag | far as. a
| Prince George, ;

~D. B. Morkill has. prepared. aon

Hazelton’ district, which. may be .
-| dbtained:. at “his: office in . the...
-| Progress. Club building, _ 7

John Breckon;C.E. ,came dow: a
on: Tuesday from Prince George; --
where.he had been professionally:
‘He.
left for Mancouver on ‘Thursday.

Rev. R: 6. Seott will p0. up: ol
this. evening’s train: to Smithers
where he will preach’ tomorrow.-
Mr.. Scott will. preach alternate
‘Sunday at Smithers:and. ‘Haze

ton: _ eS :

J.D. Galloway, who ha: L been:
appointed engineerof ‘the: north.
eastern mining ‘distriét,i is expe
ed ‘to arrive ‘here. this evening

“milea. of Montreal -were visited da June 24 if > * lis anticipated, ‘Tam.- Freight us: 85 ‘at on Sa Hazelton, eae
-s alimost' ‘simultaneously early yes: lore: Te Chi |” The. usual ‘public: dance; will urday. vo, ve on A representative of, the, Pacific e
4 , terday.“wioraing by disastrous| D M nae d fami take place in’ the evening,. inj © 7 ——-—-»_ {Mills Co,, which opérates thé pulp
‘ fires Thesdamage j is. eatimated band rs, Sager and family ‘Assembly. Hall, - ‘following the F 7 Strike. Settled *|and' paper plant at’ Ocean Fails, «
at over $750, 000... _{left, on Thutsday: for Vancouver, baer

ie

picnic, ih

oo passed through this week’to th
New Ministe ‘Atvives “~

Ootaa Lake district, to, ‘examine |
pulp timber: Facilites, in’ “that:

“ Vanepuyer,dtind2:—Thestreet
| | ear” gtrike’ has : been settled, ‘the
company acceding: to. the men’s 8
demands for. ‘higher wage :

“ After ‘a short: ‘stay in that city
they will: go. to China, where Dr, pa RC. Stott arrived from
Sager. will: ‘undertake the duties the coast on: Wednieday, to take|
of a resident : ‘misstonary: doctor, charge of the Mettiodist Church!
Dr. ‘Sager, who. was ‘assistant| in Hazelto Scott, er
auperintendent. at. the. Hospital, ‘Bt “Howe Sound| ;
: made ‘himeelf: ‘well: liked dutinig
his. residence: of one “‘year,.in
Hazelton ang: thebeat wishes. of
the townspeople’ g yw h him

‘New Minister Elected :
victoria: ‘June 23; Hon. John
a. "Hart, the new. minister of finance, |
was elected . “over “Dry. Ernest
nen: Independent, ‘Liberal, yeu
: majority-of 160..."

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“Dalby. B. ‘Mort, tha 8G

eat is a-brother. of |:
cott;: whi WAS here i ay Copa

nd.
family were lilesed by the érowde;
arid’ are: changing. their camping
ce'to the Lake Thi

: in -and' ax.
No recta ‘bo. ke busily engaged ‘nt
the. snow: ited