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Be VOL. 1, NO. 39°

MANY WOMEN,
FALL TO DEATH

aTerrible Fatality Attends

CROWDED PIER COLLAPSES| > tin rst oy i

and. children, were .killed and

dreds of people on the top deck

| down a chute of shattered . wood-

| twenty-five feet below.

’ into the auditorium, instead of
auditorium doors was composed

women among the dead. ”

| ‘tent, 8 to the et, 7

HAZELTON, B. C. sata MAY 31, 1918

. PRICE $2. 00 A YEAR «

Celebration of Empire Day'|.
at California Resort

Amusement Pier at Long Beach and
_ Holiday. Makers Crushed in Ruins—
Later Reparts Say Sixty Victims,

Long , Beach, Cal., May- 26:—
Thirty-six people, mostly women

over 140 injured in the collapse
of the pier at the entrance to the
‘municipal auditorium,
The tragedy. occurred shortly
before noon on, Saturday when
United Societies of British born

residents of Long Beach and a} *-

large number of visitors were
gathered on the great amuse-
ment-pier for the celebration of
Empire Day. Some 10,000 people
were assembled on'the pier when
the land end collapged,. Hun-

were dropped down on the heads
of other hundreds crowded on
the deck below..

‘The lower deck then gave way
and ‘the victims were dropped

work ‘to -the tide-washed sands,

The cause of the accident was
the overburdening ‘of the pier.
If the doors had been unlocked
at the proper time, it was ‘assert-
ed, the crowds could have got

massing at the doors, where’ the
weight overwhelmed “the pier
Bupports,

The crowd massed about the

mostly of women and children
..who had gathered there before
"the Empire Day parade had end-
ed. “Hence the large number of

_ Long -Beach, ‘May 28: “Evi
dence ‘i in the inquest into’ Satur-
day’s- horror, when some -sixty
persons perished, showed faulty
construction in the pier which |

* New Judges For B. C

~ Ottawa; May 28: —The minister
of justice today. ‘pave. notice’ in
the house of & resolution for. the
appointment. of an additional
- judge for the British ‘Columbia

court of appeal, another. for - ‘the |.

county. court judges, ° No names
are as yet. mentioned for the
~ appolatmenta, ,

“Trial by. Fire Proves 1 Fetal
Winnipeg, May 29: —The prim-|

“night with fatul resulta. ‘Stave
-Zahrynuk, : a Galician, who sus-
pacted his wife, ‘Anna, of infidel-

coakaill - and applied” Fy match, |
The: vietim wae 8 ‘bride:
_month:, / The husband, who

Peace Is Arranged |

London, May. 29:—Turkey and:
the Balkan allies will sign a trea-
ty of peace tomorrow.

London, May 26: —The strained
relations between the Balkan ‘al-
lies show little improvement... A
Times. despatch from Athens
says that the Greek fleet, while

by, the Bulgarian shore batteries,
This incident, following. the. se-
vere fighting at Saloniki has cre:
ated a painful ‘impression at
Atheng end the Greek -govern-
ment is making urgent. repre-
sentations tothe Bulgarians that
the danger of war between the
allies distracts attention for. the
moment from the peace negotia-
tions with Turkey. *

HIGH ASSAYS FROM
HARRIS MINES ORE

The shoot of rich ore encoun-
tered in the north drift on the
185-foot level on No, 8 vein of
the Harris Mines is improving
with every day’s work, says
Duke Harris, who wes in town
yesterday. The face of the drift,
170 feet north of the shaft, now
shows 18 inches of solid’ ore, an
average sample of which agsayed.
136. oz. silver-and. cattied: $155.40)
in-all values, There is on the
[hanging | wall eight inches of ore
carrying a large: proportion of
gray copper, which assays. 673
oz. silver and returns total values
of $446.68, |

Wrecked in Fog
London, May 29:—The Ameri-

can liner Haverford, bound to
Philadelphia, struck a reef while
.|entering Queenstown in a fog,
It is believed she will be-a total
wreck. One thousand passengers
and the crew were all Saved,

Choosing Liberal Leader.

Vancouver, May 29:—The prov-
incial Liberal convention is now
in session at Revelstoke. It is}
| believed either Ralph Smith: or
8. 8. Taylor will be chosen as
Liberal leader, John Oliver is
thought to be out of the running.

- Premier's Mother lil
* Ottawa, May 28: :—-Mrs. Bor-
den, mother of the’. ‘premier, is
ill. Hon. Mr. Borden, accom.
panied her on 4 special train
from Ottawa to her home: at
Grand Pre, N. 8.

‘Italians Lost Three Hundred
London, May 29:--Official re-

army in Tripoli on May 16 have
just.beén received. Over. three

. hundred Ttallana were killed and

wounded.

"Their Majesties Return
‘London, May. 29: The King
and Queen returned today from
Berlin." They were, greeted by
an immense, crowd, : - Two air-
ships hovered over the: steamer
on “which they arrived By hy
; - New: Liner Arrives ta
a ‘Vaneouven,: ‘May 29:—The new

|Canadian-Avetralian liner’ Niag-
ara artived i in: + port on ‘Wednes- Be AY

Tho’ Allies Quarrel

“fis registered at the Hazelton: -

ports of the defeat of the Italian|.

“Local and Distriét News Notes

Jd. D. Moore returned from |
Victoria on Saturday.

L, D. Beebe, ‘of Manson’ Creek,

A. St. Marie, the Kitselas min-
ing man, came in on Wednesday.

Merrick Harvey ‘has returned.
to Copper river for the summer. |

P. J. Jennings has gone to
Prince Rupert, on mining busi-
ness, .

Mrs. L, G: Caty was a pagsen-
ger on Thursday’s train, en route
to Naniamo: .

.W. J. O'Neill is apending 7:3
few days in Prince Rupert and
Port Simpson. ©

Mrs. W.” W. Anderson - ‘and
children have gone to Vancouver
for the summer.

A cut-off from the Silver
Standard road to the Surprise
group has been built, ~~. -

Mrs, E. R. Cox and children
left on Thursday for an extended
visit to the coast cities, ;

Roy McDonell, who has been
ranching near Smithers, is spend-
ing a few days in town,

R. 0. Jennings, road superin-
tendent for the lower Skeena,
was in town on Thursday. ~

_ A, & Beaton: left yesterday
for: Groundhog: district, where he
is stationed a8 forest ‘guard. ©

‘W. E. Davidson, of Smith,
Davidson & Wright, Vancouver, :
is in towti ‘in the interests of his |.
firm.

Charles Reid and H. W. Sharpe
spent the weekend fishing at
Sealy Lake and made a good
catch.

‘Alex McMillan, with a small
crew, i3 engaged in extending
the Glen Meadow road to Salmon
creek,

There is a prospect of a hase-
bali game tomorrow between
the New. Hazelton team and the
Tigers.

- DP, G, Johnson was in from his
Skeena river ranch on Monday.
He. brought some early vepge-
tables, fa
L L. DeVoin spent ‘@ day or
two in town; returning this
morning to his: ranch near
Smithers; =

T. L. Cart, of Telkwa and
Smithers, spent a few: days in
town, returning to the Valley on
Thursday.

The postoffice. department’ has
arranged for a regular mail ser-
view between Hazelton and . the
Groundhog.

Walter: T, Gale, the Telkwa
accountant, ia ‘i in town, on his way
ta the lower coast cities ona va-
cation trip.

‘|. HG. Kinghorn, of » -Vietoria,
is installed in the: Hazelton for-

eatry: office ag chief | assistant ‘to
Forester Allen, ne

Rev. RW. Lee will leave in a
few days for Summerland, hav-
ing heen transferred t to that im-

portant, charge, oe:

A carldad of: horses, ° “adapted

? |to various, uses, was. brought to

Hazelton by, on ‘Wednesday by
eae

Ee

» had his: wie

‘day. mate aos

Rady Ruddy came in on
dnesday with six fine horses,
[pazchased

jale ex. Tilleard was in ‘town
over Sunday,,’: He is on his way
he Peace river district, by
}way, of Fort McLeod.

RE. Allen, district forester,
ting the southern part of

the subordinate officials. .

oR B. Chettleburgh left on
Monday : for the Bulkley Valley
td open a branch of Chettleburgh
& Sinclair's machinery and har-

rie&a business,

{Government ‘Agent Hoskins
left'o ‘on Thursday for Prince.Rup-
ert, where he will meet Mrs.
Hijskins and their children, who
aty coming to Hazelton to reside.

as

“4 official announcement has
yet been made of the date. when
regular trains will ran ‘to Porphy-
ty Greek or beyond, The track
ig wow ballasted to. Boulder Creek.

“Provincial Constable T. W. 53.
Parsons, of Terrace, has been
appointed a deputy mining xe-
corder. for the: Skeena River and
‘Omineca mining divisions, with
aub-reeording office at Terrace, .

iSuperintendent North is inatal-
linge blower, iriven bya gage-
ine: “engine, ‘in’ the Surprise
‘workings. The solution of the
ventilation problem will greatly
facilitate work inthe long tunnel.

Indian chiefs from Kispiox
and “Kisgégas met in Hazelton
on Monday, to diseuss with local
chiefs'the presentation of their
claims before the Indian commis-
sion, which is expected to visit
Hazelton in the near future.

Capt. M. McPhatter, of Van-
couver, was in town during the
week, The captain-owns a large
tract of land across the Skeena
from “Hazelton. Harold Price
has a contract for its survey into

{small tracts,

The completion of the steel
bridge over Boulder creek is re-
ported today. The next railway

“bridge, at Trout ‘creek, will. be

constructed-as soon-as the rails
can be laid to that: point. It is
expected that two months will
see the steel at Smithers,

Water‘is coming into the Erie
shaft, preventing the economical
extraction of ore, and the prop-
erty has been closed down, pend.
ing the arrival of E, L. Kinman,
the chief owner, who is expected:
to reach Hazelton on:June 10.

| The. tunnel has been driven “162

feet,

‘Two -survey partied, each of
ten men, arrived on Wednesday
to proceed to Groundhog and re-
sume the survey of baselines for
the provincial government. T.H.
Taylor;. who was engaged in the
work Test 3 year, has charge of one
party, the’ other being under D.
0. ‘Wing,. who is: accompanied by
Mrs, Wing. ‘The ‘parties, with a

pack’ train of thirty: horaea, left

yesterday for Taylor’ () ranch, iti
the Kisplox Valley, where they
will temain-for.a few: days: “until
their. ‘rail preparations 1 are. con-
‘The season's.‘ work. ‘will

rere | plete:

]|Dominion Day -

in Vancouver for
a Ruddy & McKay.

Omineca, district, interviewing.

coal interests is' reported to be

- Celebration Here

Hazelton will have its. usual
celebration on, Dominion Day.
So much was decided on Wednes-
day evening, when the athletic
association met to consider the
matter, |

aries, Efforts will be made to
arrange a baseball tournam ent ag
one of the features.

Steps were taken for the for-
mation of an amateur baseball
league, a meeting being called
for next Wednesday evening and

to Telkwa, being invited to send
representatives. R. C. Sinclair
and G, R. Middleton were chosen
delegates for Hazelton.

J. M. MacCormick having re-
signed the position of manager
of the ball team, owing to pres-
sure of business, R. C. Sinclair
was elected to the vacancy.

DEVELOPING NEW
TOWNSITE IN BULKLEY

Smithers, the Bulkley divisional
point, is a busy place these days.
Over forty men, in- four crews,
are engaged in clearing and
grubbing on the railway reserva-
tion, and are making a good
showing. W.S. Henry & Co.
have begun the work of clearing
on the townsite proper, having
been. awarded the contract for
the removal “ot timber from
eighteen blocks. and several of
the main streeta. The 130 acres
included in the contract is to be
cleared by July 81, which means
that a large number of men will
be employed by the contractors.

P. Frazier has left here to at-
tend to the installation cf a steam
plant for temporary use in fur-
nishing water and electricty to
residents in the new town.

- Big Railway Subsidies
_ Ottawa, May 28:—Hon. ‘Frank
Cochrane today presented to
parliament the railway subsidy
measure, providing for subsidies
aggregating $22,000,000. Be-
tween fifteen and sixteen mil-
lion dollars go to the Canadian
Northern Ontario lines and its
Edmonton-Yellowhead line. The
government will receive $7,000,-
000 in stock in the road, that
amount being the excess over

The C. P. R, will receive $5,000, -
000 for its, Kettle Valley line and
for extensions in the prairie.
provinces,

_ Te Settle Strike
_ Nanaimo, May 28:—The Weat-
ern Fuel Co, has offered a wage
increase of from five to sixteen
per cent. . The meeting at which
the new agreement was .submit-
ted to the miners broke up in
disorder, but it is believed the
mett will sign and the mines are
expected’ to resure ' work the
first week i in June, -

Coal Merger. Mooted
Vancouver, May. 28: —D,. A.
Thomas, ; a Welsh ‘coal’ magnate}
now at. Marritt, inspecting - ‘the
Nicola Valley’ ‘coal -Aetds, An
amalgamation.- of various large

under consideration. Mr. Thoni-|

INAVAL BILL IN.

A committee. was ap-
pointed to arrange the prelimin-|'

other towns, from Prince Rupert| -

the regular -Dominion subsidy, |

\ London if the senate throws the .
. bil out? |

as will leo inepéct: the ' Vaticoits | it

UPPER HOUSE

Senator Ross Moves Amend-

ment To Kill Borden Naval
Aid Measure ,

TALK OF FALL SESSION

Government May Bring in Redistribution
Bill at Special Fall Session and Hold
General Election if Senate Throws
Out Disputed Bill. ;

Ottawa, May 27:—In the sen-
ate today. Sir George Ross, the
Liberal leader, moved an amend-
menton the second reading of .
the naval bill, seconded by Hew-
itt Bostock, of British Columbia,
“That this house is not justified
in giving assent to this bill until
it has heen submitted to the
country.”

The belief is general that the.
amendment will be adopted,

A general election in the near
future is predicted, chiefly in
‘Liberal cireles.: :

Senator Ross made a lengthy
speech in favor of a purely Can- .
adian navy. The debate is likely
to last many daya.

Ottawa, May 28:—Itis under-.
stood: the cabinet hag. not“yet'. ..
decided on the next move in the ,
naval campaign. There: is talk
of a fall session of parliament if
the naval bill fails in the senate,
In that case a redistribution bill
wouldjbe brought down, with the
probability of an election soon
following. There may even
be an election. after the present
session. The senate may vote
on the bill tomorrow.

The National Transcontinental

“|railway was the subject of de. -

bate yesterday, when the $1b,-
000,000 vote to cover estimated
expenditure was up for considera-
tion. Hon. George Graham crit-
icized the department, the min-
ister explaining the condition of
affairs and the progress of the
railway. There is now only a
sixty mile gap without rails,
The total N.‘T. R.expenditure to
the end of December was $127,-

000,000.

‘Ottawa, May 27:—Four new
Conservative senators from Qn-.
tario were sworn in yesterday,
reducing the Liberal majority in
the upper. ‘chamber to 23. The
new members” are Col. Mason,
E. R. Smith, Richie MeCall and :
J.J. Donnelly. 7

Victoria, May 29:—Sir Richard
MeBride says, “Tf the naval bill 7
fails in the senate it will be a
national calamity, Senator Ross _
appeard in the role of. apologist
for Laurier, ‘There can be no
doubt of the depressing effect { in ©

‘Held for Mandaugheer, a
alse, May 29:-~Toti my...
Burns, "fortner -hea- vy weight
‘chatnpion, and “Arthut’: Pelkey
were doth committed for. trial ‘on
charges af manslaouhiat fe follow.

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