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~ that Vancoliver will-be given one

. “gontest tonight; -

, Ottawa, Mar. 13:--The: Domin:

"on its way, and Mr.

. iliary: will” please “note that the

* gion. house. - Le

"“.Chureh, the firat. ofa course “of
Bible Talks, ‘illustrated | ‘by. Jan-

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VOL: “TH; No. 28

& FROM
~ VANCOUVER! «:

‘Forecast’ ‘of. Redistribution aS
' That City Would: Like it to
Operate

~ Vancouver, ‘Mar. 13: or the

_ Bix: additional federal members
of parliament to. be. allotted to
- British Columbia,.it'is predicted

_ more, North: Vancouver: one,
South Vancouver one, Lulu Is-
-land and the lower Fraser one,
-Yale-Cariboo an’ additional one,
‘and southern, Vancouver ‘Island
one, ° Victoria, it is: thought, will
remain the same--as at present,
~ Comox may be separated from
- Atlin and added to. Nanaimo, ‘the
“the rest of Northern British Co-
: lumbia. being . combined ” with
Atlin. : we

Great Inventor Dead

New -York, Mar, 13:—George
“Westinghouse, | inventor of the
_air-brake, is dead, He left. itty
millions, Pe
Ritghie Beats Wolgast -

~ Vancotver, Mar. 18:— Richie
WAS given the decision over ‘Wol-
"Bast in the tenth round of their

Doiainion May Help

jon. government is . likely to aid
the c, N, R: ‘by. a bond guarantee.

_ Smith's New Store |
C. V. Smith’s new store, which |,

is being built on the site of the
burned structure, will be com-
pleted within, a:few-weeks, © In
the meantime the new stock is
‘Smith ex-
" pects to resume business within
a month, The Royal and London
& Laricashire Insurance compa-
nies, represented by E. H. Hicks
‘Beach, promptly paid the amounts
due under the policies,

Form New Partnership

A yartnership has been formed |§
by E. H, ‘Hicks Beach and Fred.
- Field, who: will continue the real
estate, ‘insurance “and -brokerage
"business ‘ofthe former. . The
_ firm, which isto” be ktiown as
” Hicks Beach &: Field,.. will -have
an office at Courtney,” ‘on Van-
-eouver Island, where: thay © ‘are|-
* having a large building construct |“
ed, The local business will: ‘pro-
bably be’ taken over ‘by Charles
_ Hicks ‘Beach.

Sts “Peter's Church
Members of the Woman a Aux:

ad

last ‘business meeting ‘of the: Bes-
ston will, take place next ‘Thurs-
"day afternoon at 38: 15 at the Mis.)

‘Next. Friday at. 40, in, in, "the

= tern alides, on: “The Life: of. our]!
Lord” will be: ‘given “Serviees
_ will be held. each Friday: during |

. of the Pasalon ‘on Good Friday.
 Adthission “free.” “No collection. |

Respedted Citizen
“Goes to: His Rest

After an’ ‘illness’ ‘Tasting | for
several months;. Henry: ‘Coppock
died on ‘Thursday . morning -last
at his. residence.
"fot ailments’ incident to old age,
Mr. Coppock,. who came to Ha-| ~
zelton four years ago, was held|.
in the highest esteer:by all .who
knew.-him. A; pioneer. of new
countries, he had‘great faith in
the future.of thé district, mani-
feasted by extensive ‘purchases of
land in this vieinity,
time he successfully - conducted
a livery business here, but duriig
the. last. year: of -his life was inj,
such poor health that -he was
‘to! relinquish active
business, He had nearly. reached
his 75th birthday.

compelled °

Tongue creek, Alta., and T. J.
Coppoek, of Castor, Alta., were
in attendance’ during the last
hours of the deceased,

ducted at the | residence: at 3:80
~ | this- afternoon,
_ intended .. that. the
| should bet in the Hazelton ceme-
tary,- but: in deference to. the
wishes of : other. ‘members of: the
fainily.. the sons ‘have decided to
Stake the remains to their old.
| home in ‘Kansas City . for. burial,

leaving: on ‘tomorrow thorning’s
train. wo

//SKEENA’ CROSSING

Skeena Crossing | will “be the’
Butte of the north is the declara-
tion of B. BR.’ Jones, who has been:
kere ‘on. mining - business,
Jones, who went north last night,
Bays asmelter at Skeena Cros-
sing is a probability.
ample ‘coking coal in the Kitge-
‘| gueela valley, near at hand. He
expects the Rocher de’ Boule ‘to
ship 800 tons of ore daily by May.)
The Great Ohio. algo has a fine
showing.
tunnel will soon be started,

commodate the © ferryman -
charge of the South Hazell
ferry i is to be finished at once,

of R: Cunningham &. Son’ 8 Ha-|
zélton: “store, is spending the week
at Port Essington and Prince
_ ||Rupert,

of Dr. Maélean’s practice - ‘at
Sriithers Gitring ‘the: atter's ab-
sence, vi

‘Wednesday.

ranger; returned. yesterday. from
Old Kitseguecla,: where. he’ went
to adjust. some minor: dist ute be:
‘tween: ‘Indian. loggers. :

operating { in the ‘Hazelton district
and the: Bulkley Valley, hag. been]...
incotporated: by: ‘Spécial act of the :
provincial legislature, ‘le

gon, member for this district, the

For’ some

Two. gong, | R, , Goppock, of

A funeral service. will be con-

It ..was -at first
interment

AS ANOTHER BUTTE! :

12: — That

‘Vancouver, May,

Mr.

. There “is!

‘A. five-hundred-foot

"The: ‘residence which is to ac-

“J. M. MacCormick, manager

Dr Stone, who is taking charge

visited:

TN, Wi ‘Brewer, district forest

“The. Northern Telephone éo, as

At thé inatance ‘oft, ‘Wm. Man-

in Hazelton,

- Jreturned from Smithers on Thirs-

American visit of D, A, Thomas,

ing of the Panama Canal.
in the . neighborhood of Panama
more marketable at an ,economi-

Fanean trade, which Amtrican
operators have made several | at-
tempts to’ capture, and that if
that ‘advantage is strenghened
by. restrictive American legisla:

ment, in West Indian waters, of}:
monopoly i in: American, coal even
more exclusive than. that now
virtually held by British. coal. in
the Mediterranean.

Mr, Thomas’ plan,. as indicated,
is fo extend his interests to those
Canadian and American “coal
fields producing coal - adaptable];

ciated. with him. -He has obtain-|.
ed options on practically undevel-
oped mines providing steam coal,
yielding a thermal efficiency as
great as Welsh coal. His views
as to the-competitive importance
of. Pocahontas, West Virginia
coal, ‘are strengthened by the ex-
tensive preparations made by
‘Americans in:the way of coaling
depots on Panama Canal routes.

"New Lork, “Mar. 1 Mr, D, A.
Thomas, the Welsh coal magnate,
arrived yesterday on the Lusi-
tania from England. Heintends
making a flying visit to the Pa-
tific coast to diseuss with Van-
couver and Seattle men plans for
the construction of the railroad

head of the Cambrian Coal Com-
pany,’ is said: by. the Morning
Post : to. have for its object the
safeguarding of British’ ‘coal in-
terests, threatened - by develop:
ments which will follow the open-

Mr. Thomas-is convinced. that
American coal will prove. much

cal price than in the Mediter:

tion, it may lead to the establish-

for export. - British, a3 well as},
- Feottinental” capitalists, are asso-

‘jof. the Naas river, about fifty

MEANS DEVELOPMENT OF
“GROUNDHOG: COAL FELD

Building of Railway by British Capit British Capitalists Entails Opening
‘Up-of Great Measures: in Anticipation of Demand
Which Will Follow the. Opening of Panama Canal

London, Mar, 9: —The- present

thence
country.

dian House of- Commons.

Mr,

lantie.

The above despatches point toa
highly important scheme for the
development of Northern British
Columbia, Mr, Thomas, who is
now on his way. to Vancouver, is
the largest individual coal oper-
ator in the world. ‘Last summer
he and other eminent Welshmen
visited British Columbia and in-
vestigated the coal fields of the| -
provinee. ‘The outcome was the
raising of : capital and the appli-

to tap the great Groundhog coal
fields onthe Naasand Skeena, The
Groundhog coal is known to be of
excellent quality, much resemb-
ling the steam coal which has
made Wales famous,
a= Mr. Thomas hasbeen ‘studying
the effect which the opening of

his trade and has evidently de:
cided that there will be an im-|/
mense and constantly growing
demand for coal at Panama for
vessels passing through the great
waterway.  Presuraably, his in-
tention. is to make a bid for this
trade and to fill his orders with
coal from the Groundhog district.
The. new railroad, for which
the charter has practically been
granted, will ran fromthe mouth

miles north of Prince Rupert, up
the Naas and. Skeena: to -the
Groundhog, thence by the old
Hogem Pass into the Peace River

which he expects to build from

country,

F. Melnerney was down "from | many f
Smithers ‘on Tuesday.

J. Anderson, of. Seattle, was a
visitor in Hazelton. on Saturday.
BE. H. Pierce, the” engineer,
was in from Rose Lake on Mon-
day. .

J A. Thorne and W. Blackstock

day. -

ASL. Whitworth ot Vancou-
ver, was among the weeks's visi-
tors to Hazelton.

My? ‘and: Mes. LOK Séaly
l are expected to return.from Eng-|)
land riext month.. os
EB. Falconer, who. was in the
some days, ig again

Week’s News of of Town and District

+ JR. McDougall, . -representing

many friends will ‘be glad to know
that her recovery from thei injury
is likely. to be rapid. ;

H. Silverthorne, of Pleasant
Valley, is spending -a few days
in Hazelton, on. business,

- W. J. Carr, district road su-
perintendent, is hére’ this week,
on departmental business, -

Ithe: Canadian Consolidated Rub-
ber Co.,, ia here for a few days.

* Rev, W. S. Larter. avea lec-
ture, illustrated by lantern slides,
in. St. Peter’ ] Chareh lat even-
ing.” .

There ‘was a good attendance
of. smiembers ‘and friends at last

avn

the mouth of the Naas river to
the Groundhog coal fielda, and
into ‘the Peace River

- The charter for the
railroad has already passed the
railway committee of. the Cana:

Thomas. expects ‘to spend three
weeks on this. side of” the At.

‘leation fora charter for railroad

the Panama Canal will have on!

Silver Cup May

ULSTER MAY

’ Work. This Season

A meeting ‘of the the shareholders
of the Silver Cup mines and of
the Sunset and Sunrise group of
properties Adjoining - on Glen
mountain, Hazelton district, was

yesterday, . Says the Prince Ru-
pert News. The principal busi-
ness of the meeting. was the
discussion of the proposed lease
Jof. the company’s. property to
Messrs _ Clothiers Brothers, well-
known | mining “men. from the
boundary country. The meeting
decided to accept the leage on
conditions slightly different from
those proposed, _ '
Messrs Clothier Brothers, if
they accept the proposition, will
form adevelopment company and
open the property.
‘Under the proposed agreement
the company will ‘get 20 per cent
of the net profits from the ore
taken out by the- development
company. =

Alaska Railway Bill Signed
Washington, Mar. 18:—Presi-
dent Wilson has signed the Ai-
‘aska railway bill,
Big Fire at Portland

: Portland, Mar. 13:—In a water
front fire. which started early
yesterday morning the. loas was
over a million dollars. It was
the worst conflagration in the
history “of Oregons

WiLL RUSH.WORK ON
RAGE TALWAY,

Vancouver, Mar. 13:— J. W.

from Edmonton, announces that
a total of twelve: thousand men
will be employed on the P..G, RB.
this season... Of these two thou-
sand will work on the Peace; -
river extension, It ia expected
that contracts for a portion of
the new line will be let by May
1, The first hundred miles north
of Prince George is to be finished
this summer and the grading of
the whole 830 miles to the north’
will be completed during the sum.
mer of 19165. The company is
spending $200,000 this season in
reclaiming a mile-long area at
Squamish, formerly known as
Newport, for terminals.

BANK BANDITS AGAIN © _
' ROB SUCCESSFULLY

Vancouver, Mar, 11:—Five ban-
dits, at noon yesterday, held up
and robbed the branch of the
Royal -Bank at Abbotsford, in
| Westminster district. They ob-
tained $3000 and escaped, firing.
many shots on their way through | °
the town.

“Bandits: Still at ibariy
“Vaincouver, Mar. 13.—The train |;
bandits who murdered. three men
Heveral weeks. ago are still at

large. and appear to have left ‘tio
traces,

held in Patmore & Fulton's offices |

#

Stewart, who has just returned}

question of the high ‘¢ commission :
ah ership { is likely to come up in the

OR, E Allen, “district forester: tor

REMAIN OUT

Counties May V Vote on Ex.
clusion From Home Rule
For Term of Six Years

London, Mar. 9:—The anxious-

"|ly-looked .for announcement of

the Home Rule concessions to’
Ulster was made today by Prem-
ier Asquith. After reviewing
the attempts to reconcile the con-
tending elements, Mr, Asquith
stated that the government in-
tended that the whole of Ireland
should be included in the Home
Rule bill. All the statutory
counties of Uister would be asked
to pol] as to whether they would
come into the act or not, the
question to be put them being —
whether they were in. favor of:
exclusion from the Government
of Ireland Biliof 1914. The ex-
clusion would he for six years
from the date of the first meet-.
ing of the Irish parliament,
fovernment’s proposal _ meant
that the Ulster counties. would
Have the option of having exelus-
ion and if they voted for it they
could not be brought back except
with the consent of the majority
of the whole United Kingdom.
The necessary administrative
changes would. have to be made
in-the bill, but. he. hoped the Ul-
ster counties themselves’ would
_|not wish for any alterations in
the judiciary. Ag to the rest of
Treland, and the various changes
in detail, the overnment’s pro-
|. posals would appear. later... - fo
Exclusion in’ any form ‘could a
never be put forward asa solu-.
tion, the premier said, butonly as
an expedient which might point
the way to‘a final settlement. .

Mr, Asquith then proceeded to

.| Rive the details of the proposed

poll, Each county would be polled
at the request of one-tenth of
the electorate, the voters being
those entitled to vote at the Par-:
liamentary elections, The. ques-
tion voted on would be: “Are you
in favor of the exclusion of the
county from the Government of
Ireland Act for a period of
years?” A poll would be taken
by ballot in the same manner as

’ .Jat an election,

- Andrew Bonar Law, who fol-
lowed, said. that if ‘the Proposals.
represented the last. word of the
government, then the position :
was a grave one, Unionisté.were -
opposed to Home Rule. with, or
without exclusion,.. . :

. Premier Goes To Ottawa
Victoria, Mar. 18:—On: Tues: .
day. ‘next Sir ‘Richard McBride. :

will leave for Ottawa, to eonstile
the: federal government. vegard:
ing various matters of Provincial: ©
: interest, ©

‘It ia understood: the

i yin + his capacity: a8 if

terinined ta!
“ofall seeds

hae gone to Prancoia and. a. ote

used -for ‘patrolling; while”

Ootea: lake guard = will: une a pinj

‘The.