MMBVOL, IL, NO. 24°

_ HAZELTON, B. C.,. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1914

PRICE $2.00-A YEAR

‘SCONEDYDRAWS™
A GOOD ROUSE |

7 Hazelton Players ‘Present |

Successful Farce in Aid
Of School Fund.

The farcical comedy, “‘Tarn
¥ Him Out,’”’ which was staged by
f the Hazelton players on’ Wednes-

day night, was an unqualified
MAsuccess, more than making good

fall advance notices sent out re-

rarding it. Although not very
long, the playlet gave many op-

portunities for clever character.

work, which were taken full ad-
vantage of by the different
players,

The performance drew a large
audience, including many from
"out of town, and congratulations |;
were extended on all sides on
the excellent entertainment pros
vided.

After the play the ladies pro-
vided refreshments, and dancing
was indulged in till a late hour,

The ‘trustees of the Hazelton
public ‘school wish to thank the

; general public for thelr attend-

- ance at, the entertainment, which
was in aid of the sctiool. funds,
and especially those who were
kind enough ‘to take part in the
 alaging of the comedy presented;
also’ the ‘ladies: who 80° “kindly tin=
dertook the management of the
" refreshments,

The amount realized from the
entertainment -amounted to one
hundred dollars, after paying all
expenses, ; :

. Unrest in Japan

Tokio, Feb. 11:—On Tuesday
a riotous mob attacked the Japati-
ese house of parliament, ‘causing
considerable damage, _ There. is
‘ageneral outery throughout Jap-
an against the government asa
; result of graft charges.

Round-the-World Flight
San Francisco, Feb. 9:--One

‘ million dollars, officials of the
' Panama-Pacifie Exposition have
announeed, is‘now ‘the prize pro-
. posed for the round-the-world
' flight in any form: of air craft,
starting and finishing on the Ex:
; ‘position grounds.

The project .of jumping the
“ prize money from $300,000 to
more than three times that
| amount, came, as was announced,
- from the Aero Club of America,
and has astring to it, the ex-
tension of - the time. limit, now
set at ninety days.. Charles C.
Moore, president of the Exposi~|”
tion, said in a statement tonight
that there. was.every disposition
. to make the conditions as elastic
eo Be possible | without. hampering

“ "the ‘aima_of the race, and thig

was. ‘covifirmed. by Arnold: Kruck-
‘man, director of. the exposition’ S|
bureau of aeronautics. -

m As announced here, the idea)"
"of the “Aéro Chib of. America is

‘to get more time, perhapa. thirty
additional’ days, -in whieh * ‘the

i world may. be: eireled, If this
§ | san be ‘done, the ec:operation. of
‘@.. over “400° aero" ‘elubs the. world

over ean: “be gecured;: the aero
* -glub then report, and the talaing| 1

Grog Suriey
Party. urty. Equipping

J. EB * Ellis, BGI C.L.S., ‘arrived
on Wednesday: to -make arrange-
ments for the trip of T.H. Tay-
lor’s surveying party to’ Ground-
hog at the end of the month.

J. E, Ellis, D. M. ‘Gordon, “W.
Bowser, H, Thorne; Otto Strow,
John Strow, Dave Jenkins, a
photographer and a cook. |
The party: will require eigtit
dog teams to pack: their outfit
and supplies i in. . , ,

_ Arms for Mexican n Rebgle
New Orleans, Feb, 11:—With
the presidential proclamation lift-
ing the embargo on munitions of.
wat exported to Mexico, a mat-
ter of record, Mexican revolution-
ists in the market for arms and
munitions came: out into the ‘open
here today,:. and. announced the
appointment of a purchasing
‘agent with headquarters here. —

The agent opened. negotiations
with Eastern houses for rifles,
cartridges and machine guns,
and for great quantities-of muni-
tions stored in this city. *

G.1.P, APPEAL DISMISSED

Ottawa, Feb, 9:—The cabinet
on Saturday. dismissed the ‘appeal

‘ofthe Grand- Trunk: Pacific Rail-

way and’ confirmed the order of
the Railway Commission in. re-
gard to the site of the tation at
Fort George. ‘

. The Governor-General- n-Coun-
ci, the court of last resort in

-| matters of this kind, -having dis-

missed the appeal, the Order of
the Board of Railway, Commis-

sion. made last May. ‘‘that the|.

Grand Trunk Pacific should’
build a station ‘at a point within
8000 feét of the eastern boundary |
of Fort George” stands, and the
station must be placed as direct-
ed by the board.

Sale of Lots .

Victoria, Feb. 9:—The Provin-
cial government will hold its first.
sale of property in Fort George
next May, it was anftlounced here
today. Some. 2300 lots in the
various townsites: will be auc-
tioned and it is generaliy “expect-
ed that the total price to be -re-
ceived will be in excess of $2,000,-
000. My J. T. Armstrong of
Vaneouver has been appointed
selling agent for the government.

. News From Stefansson .

Toronto, Feb, 9:—A letter from
Stefansaon, the “Canadian:- wove
ernment’s. explorer, now in the
Arctic, received by Mé-R, F,
Stupart, director. of . the meteor:
ological observatory, speaks i in 8
confident-manner of the probable
fate of the- explorer” B principal
ship. Karluk. .

ME Stefansson - wtote “from
Point. ‘Barrow; October,” 18, and,
confirma ‘published ' Btoriea - tiiat
the Karluk had gone adrift while
the ‘commander was ‘shooting
ot phore. wT,
The welte express te: “Me.

ya of 8, 000,000 thos dimiculey. rate the ¢

There -will. be ‘twelve men in}
the party, including T. H. Taylor, |’

Early Morning Fire Levels C,

“In lesstharian hour. V. Smith’s

. general store and dwelling were

completely destroyed by fire. last
Sunday morning. The fire was
discovered at about half past’ six
by Mrs. Smith, who immediately
‘gave the alarm, but before the
chemical engines could reach the
seene the fire had gained such
headway that nothing could be
done to save the buildings. Vol-
unteers worked hard to save the
household furniture and succeed-
ed in getting most of it out -safe-
iy.

The origin of the fire is a mys-
tery, as no fires were left in the

stoves over night.

FIRE COMPLETELY DESTROYS |
LOCAL STORE AND DWELLING.

v. Smith’s General Store and

Dwelling to the Ground---Cause of Blaze Remains a
. Mystery---Re-building- Already Commenced

“The loss is estimated at about
$11, 000, with insurance of $4,200

‘Mr. Smith has decided to re-
build at once, The fire. was
hardly out before he had men at
work clearing the debris, and by,
‘Wednesday had purchased and
removed to the site of the burnt
dwelling the house formerly oc-
eupied by R, J..McDonell. Lum-
ber is now on the ground for
the’ new store and warehouse,
and the buildings will be rushed
to:completion, A stock of goods
is: already on the way, and Mr,
Smith expects, to be doing busi-
ness at the old stand. in another
week,

Local and District News Notes

’ 'D, Rankin, Andimaul, is 8
visitor in town.

“ Angus MeLean came in from
Smithers on Thursday.

~ Bob Marion, of Lake Kathlyn,
came down, this week,

- George Barrett came in from
‘the Diamond D ranch. this -week,:

_Mr. and Mra. Frank Charleson,
of Telkwa, are in town for a few
‘days, a

“Geo. Jennings came down
from the Great Ohio Group this
week, : ;

R. O. Jennings, road superin-
tendent for Lower Skeena, came
in Thursday. — ,

Frank and Jack-Lee came up
from Seattle and will be in the
district some time.

W. J. McAfee .is steadily im-]

proving at the Hospital and hopes

to be around in a few days.

J. R. Graham, B.C.LS., came
down from Smithers on Thurs-
day's special, returning today.

Dan Dempsey, sitperintendent
of tracklaying for
Trunk Pacific, spent the week in
Hazelton.

Mr. and Mrs, H. H. Little re-
turned to Hazelton - Wednesday
night, and after the play. were
serenaded by the Hazelton Glee
Club,

J. R. Fuller, who is to succeed
Mr, Lambert in charge of the

‘Hazelton school, arrived on the

last train and assumed his duties
at once, a

The Indian band was out in
full force ‘for’ the hockey game
on Thursday night, and ‘enter-
tained the spectators ‘between
periods. ts

‘The: ladies of the W. A. are re-

-| minded that the next meeting

takes place at the home of Mrs.
Gammon on. Tharsday next: at
9:15 pm Th:

Mr, : “anid: ‘Mrs. i. P,- Joneg,
Mr. and: Mrs, oH 'P.-Jones, Jt.,
Mr, and Mrs,. cktiey, Miss K.
‘Care and © Miss ined came down

.| from Smithers for’ the hockey | 2;

Hospital, ;

the Grand].

are. receiving congratulations on
thé arrival of a baby daughter
this morning at the. Hazelton
-Mother and child’ are}
both reported well,

“Hockey fans from: Smithers}
chartered a special train on
Thursday, leaving there etd pth.
and returning the same ‘tight
after the dance arranged in their
honor. The, train was labelled’
“The Hetherington Special, and
among those who came down on
it were Rev. H. G. Kingston,
Rev. C. E. Batzold, J. H. Hether-
ington, K, K. MeLauchlin, J. A.
Macdonald, R. Burnett, Roy Mil-
ler, Wiggs ‘O'Neill, G. F. Me-
Donald, Jim Kennedy, E, Or-
chard, Dr. Badgero, Jno, Wander
and C. W. Allen. .

Card ‘of Thanks
C. V. Smith wishes to express
his thanks and appreciation to all;
those who assisted in attempting:
to subdue the fire which occurred
at his store and dwelling: on
Sunday morning last.

United States and Japan
Washington, .D.C,, Feb, 9:—
A notable improvement in. the
relations between the United
States and Japan is ‘believed ta
have taken place by the event i in
the house last week connected,
with the passage. of the Burneté|
immigration bill. Reports frony
Tokio’ show that a profound im?
pression has -been caused not
only by the refusal of the house
to: include the proposed prohibi-

|tion against the entry of Japan-

ese but also > by the non-partisan
appeal, - :

pleased ‘with. ita reception “and |’
the: appeal for fair treatmierit of |
aliens; It is now hoped ‘ here
that a ‘satisfactory ‘adjustment of |.
all the Agsues between the two
goveriiments will be reached.

Suspended Sentences
Westminster, Feb. 11:—

ht

Four en . miners, convicted of

8, Sargent] ot

"|SEPTLEMENT OF LAWSUIT

ter fight.on both sides.

" ‘Che! company did business i in

the town, 8. ae
— HAZELTON SMITHERS
: Canal Exemptions Darling goal ~~. Crandall
~ Washington, Feb. 10:—Presi-|O’Shea point Marison
~‘|dent Wilson announced that he Irwin cP. Keddie ‘
. would enedeavor to have repealed| Reber . rover Fawcett
at the present session of congress North center Aldous
that .provision of the Panama| Blyth“ r. W. Davis -
Canal Act which exempts Ameri-| Sinclair l. w. Jardine
can. coastwise ships from the MeKay umpires — Drummond . .
payment of tolls. 7 {Ham - time Hetherington my

Statesmen in Japan are much :

. day.

. inanpueatad ‘on Tueade

te oe on TOWN WINS
GREAT GAME

For some time past negoti ations
have been in progress between

Smithers Takes Their First

Defeat in the Ross Cup

the National Finance Co, ‘and
Series on Thursday

Aldous &. Murray Ltd., with the
result that the latter have se-|
cured an ‘option on the noted
Coal creek property on Copper
_{river, the’ product of which took
“|first prizé at Prince Rupert fair.
The price.is said to be well over
a-million. The property pro-
duces the best coking coal in the
north and covers an area of well
over sixteen thousand acres, of
which favorable reports have
been made by leading coal au-,
thorities who have been over the
ground and examined the seams.
It is not known for whom Aldous
& Murray are acting, but it is
believed the Grand Trunk Pacific |
Railway are desirous of the coal
lands, Shipment of machinery,
including a new diamond drill
outfit, was sent on from Vancou-
ver on Monday, and the coal
mensures Will be developed with-
gut delay. The : sleighroad re-
‘Jeently constructed from Smithers
to the property will allow the
machinery to be taken In,

In a thrilling game the old
town hockey team handed out a .
decisive defeat of 6-3to Smithers .
puck chasers on Thursday night,
before a large crowd of support- —
ers, which included nearly one
hundred hockey fans from Smith-
era. * .

Jardine started the scoring,
netring a goal for Smithers after
eight minutes-of hard play,’ and
there was no further seoring in.
this period. In the second period
North-notched the first goal for
the old town a few minutes after
‘play started. O’Shea followed,
scoring Hazelton’s second goal
with a neat shot after an indivi-
dual rush. Sinclair nettedtwo - °
more, he and Reber doing some
pretty stick work, In the last
périod Aldous found the net with |
a fine shot from the right wing
after Irwin had -broken up the
rush, North and Sinclair got
away immediately after, North
netting the puck. A considerable -
amountof slashingandrough work:
was indulged in, Jardine, Keddie
and North being sent off for thas "' |.
balance of the game, about threg -
minutes. Aldous went through -
for another goal, and Reber
scored the sixth goal for Hazel-
ton after four spectacular rushes —
right into the goal mouth, which
the goal keeper was lucky enough a
to block, oe

Every member of the Hazel- —
ton team was going at top speed
all the time, and their exertions ~~”
were responsible for Smithers’ -“

first defeat this season, |
Hazelton for a number of years, . The _
° game was exceptionally fast in

and the partners were well known|
here, both being old timers in spite of the watt nature of the |

We have learned from a relia.
ble source that the lawauit be-
tween Charlea Barrett and E. E,
Charleson, which arose out of the
diasolution of partnership of C,
Barrett & Co.,-has been settled
out of court. ‘This cage has been
in the attorney’s hands for uver
three years, and has been a bit-
Local
interest centred.on this case for
atime when the auditors were
trying to. straighten out the
books of the firm.

- : cond IR TES PS hee

Hugh Taylor and ‘Walter Me- .

Washington, Feb. 1h: :—There Kenzie handled the game,

is strong opposition, headed hy
Senator O'Gorman, to President
Wilson’ 3 proposal to eliminate
canal exemptions. Senator O’-
Gorman gays the Canadian Pati-
fic and: American railways ate
behind the agitation to abolish
exem ptions on Amerioun cons sters,

Re-distribution Bal.

“Ottawa, Feb. (11: — Premier
Borden’ 5 re-distribution bill came
up for the first reading on Tues-
- It: provides. for thirteen

members « for. British. Columbia
instead. of seven as. at, present. contend, with, making
Allocation, boundafies will -be very heavy and featur
made by the committee, including wee,
four Conservative members and | Sas ve
three Liberale,”

On Saturday evening - leat, i ae
New Hazelton hockey. team paid |.” i
a visit to the old tawn and were |
successful in running out winners ws an
in a keenly contested gene. with | : ;
the Hazelton -septette, on: the.” ~
local rink. The score was 4:2,

_Ina very slow game New Ha-
zelton defeated Smithers at New.
Hazelton last night by. B score of
2-1, The: game. was played rs)
vary soft ice, and the playera had:
a couple. of ‘inches of al

. The Canadian pareale post waa N Nes wv Ha