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[<THE TEADING WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA —

VOL, VINO.

_HAZELTON, B, Cy SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 196

PRICE $2.00 A YEAR

- CHIEF MINTY ARRESTED

~ Hazelton’ 8 Chief Constable Was

Taken into Custody dn
' Serious Charge |

Shortly after ten a lock last
‘hight Chief Constable Minty was

taken into. custody. by Acting| -

Constable Kirby and hailed before
Acting Judge Sargent at "the
Hazelton Hotel, the charge being
that he ‘had, while holding the

”

position of chief ‘constable --at|-

Hazelton, ‘“‘discharged his duties
in a highly creditable, efficient
and’ satisfactory manner. ”* Char-

Ss . He Cullen dcted as crown’ prose-

cutor, and, in, spite of a. brilliant |"
plea for’ merey presented hy F.
B, Chettleburgh for the defence,
the ‘judge sentenced the accused
to two years hard smoking, a

. handsome meerschaum pipe being

provided by the court for that
purpose. - The large ‘audience
‘that had gathered for the occasion
then sat down to an enjoyable
repast, ‘after which toasts. to
“The King’’ and *'Chief Minty”
‘were proposed,. Dr. Wrinch, ‘H.
is, Campbell, S. H. Hoskins and|-

_. &.d. Martin were called. upon. by

Toastmaster: i. HY Little,“ and|
each | responded, expressing his

: appreciation, zood will, and regrets ;

at ‘tho. departure of Chief Minty
from. the. district, . After FB.
Chettleburgh had favored 4 ‘with. a
comie “skit. the gathering: broke
nd

evening.
- Chief. Constable. Minty, “who
‘has been in charge of Hazelton

police district for’. the past two
‘years. and a half, leaves today

for South Fort George, where he
will take charge of the combined
Fort George. and | Tete.” Jauné
Cache district. H. Taylor, ‘chief | ‘
constable at: ‘Tete Jaune Cache,
will arrive here in-a few. days ita
take charge of the local district,
- The best: wishes of hig many’

friends go with Chief Minty to :
, his new post. :

Coroner's Inquest |
_ The coroner's © inquest | on the

death of the Jap’ who threw’ him.

relf under the eastbound- passen:
Ker: ‘train: at. Pacific last. week

waa concluded’ on. Monday, the] -
jury finding that. he came to. ‘his.

Lateath by. Placing. himself i in front
ot-the: train and, ‘from. evidence
produced, . iad, cles ly, ‘contem-
plated dujcide, se aan

Red Cross Tag Day
“The surh of $62: WRB fealized on

_ Thursday: for. ‘the’ British: Red
* Crops,
a at: been sda

Complete retina: have|

"GERMANY LOSES POLISH LEGION

FOUR BRIGADES DISARMED FOR MU TINY--

“London 5 in "Germany's Polish}

Legion has collapsed. After long
effort, and ‘with mueh coercive
pressure,. Germany and Austria
succeeded. in ‘enrolling -18,000.
Poles, - Four brigades mutinied
at the beginning of October, and
were disarmed and imprisoned.
The remainder . are considered
unreliable, co

Bucharest: . ‘Roumanians have
taken. the offensive i in the Oituz

valley, through, which the Aus-

tro-German forces invaded Rou-
mania. The invaders were driven
back over: the frontier, The
répulse of Turks | in other parts
of the front is also reported,

Paris; The Servians have cap-
tured the’ plateau ‘and. village of |
Velyeselo, on the western. end of
the “Macedonian - ‘front, _ putting
the Bulgarians to rout, . Heavy
losses Were, inflicted on ‘the en-
omy. Ss

Heavy. fighting ig report’ ‘on
the: Crna, , an

eo

London:
review df the-fighting on ‘the
Somme since, the end of Septem-
ber, says ‘that. ‘there have been
many loxig, heavy battles, in
which tha’ enemy’ resisted stub-.

/bornly until surrpunded. A large
number of prisoners has been

taken, “The Teutons delivered

"| counter-attacks Tepeatedly, but

Geheral Haig, ina ;

ROUMANIANS Now TAKING AGGRESSI VE}

London: King Constantine of
Greece, in an interview with the
British “minister at Athens, com-
plained bitterly of the: action -of
the Allies in recognizing the pro-
Vigional government. A Saloniki
despatch says, in future the Allies
will address all proposals repard-
ing the course which Greece shall
take to the Venizelos evolution,

were generally’ “stopped by. our [ary government,

artillery and machine gun. fire
On the few occasions when the
British positions: ‘were penetrated

the bayonet drave the: enemy

out. -Bad. ‘weather has: been
prevalent,

London -: On. the Fiench
front, ‘last evening ‘Stuff ‘and
Schwaben redoubts \ were heavily |
shelled by. the enemy. “Doring't:
the ight’ we.. made two small.
raids on trenches in the neigh-
borhood of Loos. ..-

New ‘York: - The Ctinard: liner
Alaunia has been sunk. by amine

o in the English Channel,

Berlin: General von Luden-
dorf has joined kis chief, Von
Hindenburg, ‘in opposing a more
ruthless prosecution of submarine
warfare. He says that ; jeriticism
is demoralizing the army, and
urges unity of effort, and less talk
of thé military program.

“Amsterdam: The Kaiser vie-|
ited the - Champagne . front on
Wednesday. The emperor ap-

‘|peared to bein ‘excellent ‘spirits

and j inan address to .the troops

in the final result of the ' war. .

a

- Soldiers’ Aid Tea
the Jadies: of the W. A.
giving the second: Teaon behalf
of: the Soldiers’ Aid next Wed-
nesday afternoon from 8 to 6.30;
in St, ‘Andrew’: 3 Hall, at & charge
of 25 cents for ‘each person.
The first Tea . waa" ‘pronoimneed
“a. decided success’’,, but the,
ladies are, sare the aecond: will
durpass “it. The proceeds are to
supplement the sum alveady sub:
scribed to purchase gifts for our
men serving. under the-colors, .
v ‘ Contribationa: of refreshments

from the ladies’ will be welcomed

at the- hall between 2. and 8-p.m.

* Don’t’ forget to send along the
two-bits: if: you cannot, go your.
self!

- Concert is Postponed
The.concert and ‘danca’ which
were: announced. for: Halloween
have been. postponed, in-favor. of.
the Red Cross magguetde ‘at New

Hazelton, ‘arranged. for the same:
day; The date of the’ soneert will}

be announced: Tater, ;

My: Wi; “Sutherland ‘returned

-

' Telegraphic Briefs

London, . Oct. 21; It has been ‘

decided that henceforth Germans
will be: excluded: from enjoying
scholarships at’ Oxford Univer-
sity, ‘under the. ‘Rhodes: ; Trust
fund. oe

London, Oct. a: -—The Duke
and Duchess of Connaught and
Princess. Patricia . ‘have arrived

here safely, eo poe
Marsailles, Oct.: 20:—A court
| martial: has - -_unaninjously: con-

‘| demned to death Mme, Gomeno

Sanchez, for spying. ;

- Paris, “Oct 20. Yesterday’ al:

French pilot brought down: his
fourtéenth enemy machine onthe’

western front...

> London, Oct. 20: In German
East Africa the Bélgians ‘in, the
north-and the Union: tops under
‘Smuta.are. clearing ° :the. country
of: ‘the amail German forces left.

“Owing: to: ‘the: ‘Rev, Frank, ‘of
the: Smithers: Methotist , Church,

ce being transferred to Merrit Rev: |

- ftom ‘the: Golden Wonder arous |p rea

! take he local: ser

:Pikera ‘absence,

the, loeation. ,

‘ Smelter ‘the North

Preliminary investigations ‘ve-
garding the erection of a lead
smelter in Northern’ B.C, ‘are
now being carried on by. ‘Ameri-|
can capitalists, and itis considered
altogether likely that next apring
will see arrangements completed.
The location has not yet . been
decided on. ‘Statistics of prodde-.

Jing properties in ‘this: district |'

will, shortly be -compiled, and
along with . ‘those from the coast
and other Parts of the. north, will
be the’ deciding. factor in choosing

* Mining Notes -
Work i is progressing: favorably
at the Rocher da--Boule mine,
whieh has been - suffering: ‘for
some: time through a shortage. of
men.’ The mine ig now working
with. practically a full force, and
steady shi pments are heing made,
The. lower, tunnel 181 now tn ‘over
1500: feat ‘and rapid progress ta}
being reeisteretl, et a

The: ‘eamap on the ‘Axinain

LOCAL NEWS PARAGRAPHS 7

Items Of General Interest From : ,
Hazelton and Surround- _—
_ ing District

Mrs: Nelson left for Vancouver
on Tuesday.

Harry Orm, of Priestley, came
in on Sunday.

A. Blume, of Idaho, is spend-—
ing a few. days in town. .
Lorne Fulton is now asergeant
in the Army Medical Corps.)
, Miss Mergaret Allen returned.
from Prince Rupert last week,

. H. D. Lenhart, of Remo, was a

business visitor in’ town ‘this .
week, . ne

Sam Lang was in from Fran-
cois Lake for a couple of days
this week, .

Chas. Cullen, inspector of pre-'

emptions, arrived in Hazelton’ on
Wednesday.

Mr, ‘and Mrs. B..R. Jones, of —

Skeena Crossing, were visitors. -

here’ this. week,

George Dover of the provincial .
forestry service, | came in on
‘Wednesday’ ) train,

“Jack Robbins, ; ‘who came in
from Francois Lake a week ago, |
left for Telkwa yesterday,

“Dalby. B. Morkill lett ‘for. Nain- -
couver on Tuesday.
to be away several months, .

W.H. Toby, divisional engineer
‘for the G..I.P.; was hereon offi-
cial business on Wednesday,

-“HL-E. Carlton, who is ‘interest
ed-in the Comeau . property, ar-
rived’ from ‘Prince George ‘on
Tuesday. °

Mrs. R. J. Rock and Miva. Cox
returned today from’ Rocher de
Boule.mine, where’ they were
the guests of Mra, D.J. Williams,

_ Mrs, (Dr.) Wrinch forwarded:
this -week $34, subscribed ‘by. the
ladies .of the district, to the

Duchess of Connaught’s Prison: oe

ers of War Fund, i

J. F. Maguire received: a cable e oe

this week informing him of the ~

death of his-only son; who was
with the motor boat patrol bratich.- a
ofthe naval service, ©. oe

‘Mr, and Mis. Chas. Reld and °

Mra. W. H. Sharpe. returned © on

Tuesday from a hanting . trip to | |

the Sealy ranch. ' Grouge are nat
very plentiful int the Valley this
year. a
The Hazelton Pool Room, with

H..B. Campbell as. manager, is

opening ‘Dp. today opposite, the.
Twopool tables}. -
and one American billiard: table
are being ingtalled,:' and: a com.

Hazelton: Hotel..

plete line ‘of. tobaccas; cigars: suid. “
confectionery. will ba carried...
: . Are. Extending. ‘Business -
“Ruddy & MacKay. have taken
over the livery. business of. JH

se Pree Skeena. ‘Crossing and in ne
“ay fate

willrun: it in, 60

| cawith.- thelr: Havelton

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