o fielda,. i

the business of the session. 7 .

British Columbia.

* particularly helpful to the fruit

“ ‘Ottawa,
- GEOLOGISTS WILL. BE.

‘geological. congress, which will
-tnembers will visit Omineca dis-.

-Senlas ‘describing, the excursion,

pest’ ave:—the coast of British Co-.

‘ ‘mountain acenery; .
section through the batholith of

on August. 27. Leave Vaincoiry bby
- boat.

‘ route,

“Ato Ripert. - a

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MAJORITY: OF THIRTY-FIVE

Parliament: Passes Resolution Limiti

~ Bill-.-Liberals Threaten: To: Disregard: Rule--Business

of Session Will Be Expe

Ottawa; ‘April’ 24: the closure |
resolution passed the house: at an
‘early hour. this’ ‘Tmorning;: bya
‘vote of 108 to 73. “The division
marked. the close of a. “prolonged
vand bitter: debate. ‘Some of the
"opposition members threaten to
‘ignore the closure. The adoption
“of the rule-will greatly expedite

* Ottawa, April 24:—The board
of railway commissioners has is-
 Bued ‘judgment in thé -express,
yates case. - By the board’s order,

‘the rates are reduced twenty per |"

“gent, in the prairie provinces and}
The. new

schedule . ig: expected to prove

industry of the Pacific province,

April "94: —Passing
o through ‘the’ ‘capital, ‘on his way

virtually takes up the Knox plan
at the point where it was wreek-
ed by the senate: nO

ADOPTED BY

Limiting Debate On Naval

dited | oan Other Ottawa News

to England, ‘where he will spend |
his: remaining years, Sir Charles |
Tupper was honored :by - many of
his former colleagues and friends
lin- the house. of, commons. and.
senate, . He will spend a few
days « at; Amherst N. S.

Ottawa, ‘April 24 Sir Richard
Scott, a former secretary of state
and the oldest living member of |:
the senate, is dead here. . _ He was
the father of D’Arey. Scoit,: as-
sistant chief. commissioner of the
railway board. .

Bryan’s Peace Plan
_. Washington, April 24:—Bryan

‘proposes a scheme for treaties
with ‘all, civilized countries, to
bring. about universal peace. He

HERE IN AUGUST)

2) Ballowing the. ‘pest. in Oe
tawa of the twelfth international

“he attended by' the. foremost ge
J ologists and mining‘ men of ‘the
‘world, a party of fifty of the

_ trict, under the guidance of R.G.
-. MeConnell, thé’ noted govern-
ment geologist, The ‘official cit-

mit

ms The piincipal points 6 of inter. |

“Jumbia, “notable for its fiords and
a geological

_Weilnesday,

- Thursday, August 98. i:

Friday, “August: 29, Saturday;

ec A August SL,

2 -Taglee Loses Libel S

“(apectal to The a At

has the.
Johngon and that he will sign the
bil¥ inimediately: “upon. its passage,,
It is the - settled” policy. ‘of the
majority party i im.the ‘Legislature
to regard the ‘state’ ag having. full
rights i in the matter aintil: deter-
mined otherwise by jadical de}
cision.

dent Wilson. is sending W. i.
af Bryan, secretary of state, to Cal-
: ifornia; . where he will.make an

the proposed legislation: ‘to pre-
vent - Japanese: owning’ land in
that state,
say the -agitation, gainst. Amer-
icans is subsiding...
1 anxiously watching the situation,
” | fearing that the question - ‘may

algo hécome a vital one-in n Britis
we in’ an early i issue of his paper.

_ CALIFORNIA YNT
_ LET JAPS- OWN LAND

“Siermento, Cal. April: 21; Al; awe
definite agreement. ‘to énact ant’
anti-alien land. law, directed sole-
ly. ‘against the Japanese and ex-
empting all foreigners’ eligible
for citizenship in ‘the- United
States, has heen reached, accords
ing to an announcement: made
today by ‘the ddministration lead-
ers in‘the California ‘Legislature,
and will be carried out early this

week. : a
Iti is ‘understood that this course
proval of: Governor

- Washington, April 24;—Presi-!

effort. to- secure a modification of

ge

Advied from: Tokyo

“London: ‘is

{in the interests of his. company:

| day from a business tip-te to Aldér-

‘the rooms, over the drugstore,

Port Moody has just: appointed

° taken possession of its new store,
"| Intend of rebuilding warehouses

| 2) that part of its business at South

e Hot: jhterpret ” the sentiment: ‘of
ay ‘British Colimbia s as being against

de K. Muir, of: Moriceto
was in Hazelton ° vésterday.
Jarties’ Duncan, the. tailor;

under ‘treatment for pleuris i
the hospital, .

OAL AL MeDonald; ‘of ihe: Cin.
ningtiarn staff, left on Thursd iy
for a vacation trip to ‘Vancouy, .

“RO, ‘Miller, publisher -of “the
Talkin ‘Tribtine, ‘spenta day-'t
two ‘in Hazelton, returnin
the’ Valley town on Thursday,

RG. Moseley, . proprietor: f
the Hazelton Hotel “Spent the eayt.
ly part of the. week in Pri
Rupert, on business. :-

Ray: Anderson, provincial m
ager.of the British’ Columbia
‘Life; is visiting Omineca distri

Government Agent. Hosking,
has leased the Holland residence.
Mrs. Hoskins and their’ thre
young sons will j join him in a few
weeks. . - -

L. R.. Walker. rettirned on Sat-
urday. from a trip to. Cedatvale,
where he examined gome of; ‘tHe
North: Coast. ‘ Land Compa: ys
farming tracts: .

FB. Chettlebuirgh and Ri €.
Sinclair, the harness and machii-
ery-dealers, returned. on. Thurs.

| mere and Telkwa,

» The: Interior Lumber Fa. |
resumed operations. A full crew
started: work on- Tuesday’ ‘and +h
sawmill is again turning out lum-
rf ‘acai’ builders?”
- Health. Inspector Avison : “haa
given notice that the health reg:
ulations .réquire the prompt re-
moval of garbagé and stable re-
fuse. The observance ofthe law
will be. insisted upon.

- Special church services will’ be |
held at 7:30 tomorrow evening in

iFem

Rev. R. W. Lee will. preach on
“The Missionary Problem,’?: and|;
special. solos will be rendered,

Road ‘Superintendents Willis-

Thursday, .
ing’ ‘machinery and supplies are
now. being distributed, in pre-
paration’ for the season's work.;.

The engineering firm of Davis

‘Leslie, well known here, - is al’
-partner,. ig evidently prospering.

lenged the. bachelors to a base-|..
ball’’ game, ‘and the opposing
teams are likely to meet.on the
athletic grounds tomorrow after-
noon. Ati interesting game may
he expected. '

Sidney Billingham; special cor-
respondent. of. thé News-Adver-

tiser; came in on Wednesday, to] .

spend a week or-go in the district |’
preparing material ‘for an illus-
trated: description of. this part of
the country,. which''will. appear.

‘The: ‘Hudson's | Bay °Co. has

he Babine and™ interior.
|; freight, the conipany'will- handle

which is capitalized |"

: | quired land along -the lake: and
++ Will begin development early: i in
‘the season, — *

: | the telegraph service here twelve
; {years ago, was in town this week.

r |adian Fairbanks Morse Co,

{newing old acquaintances and
‘4 sizing up the. remarkable devel-

-|headay from Vancouver, where

iat winter.

-|were obliged to leave their to-

| SMITHERS WILL BE.

sak.

. | district as pioneers of the move-
_[that. the work of surveying

croft and. Carr left for Telkwa on|. ‘.
The new yoad-mak- :

& Leslie, in which. “Major R. BI]

The. inafried men: have chal-|

aber ‘of. the, new He

left for that ‘point on. Tuesday. |
A party of thirty - farmers, from
Washington end Idaho, ‘have ac-

Charles J. Roger, who was in

ag the representative of the Can-
Re-

‘opments - of recent years kept
him busy during his stay.

|. W. J. O'Neill, familiarly known
as, “Wiggs”, returned on Wed-

he spent the greater part of the
Before leaving the coast
‘city he purchased a handsome
new motor car, which will. be in
service-in this district during the
seagon.,.

T. W. Brewer and Frank Lee
‘|have returned from the north,
having succeeded, in completing
the work of ‘delivering supplies
to the telegraph cabins between
Hazelton and. Seventh, Cabin.
When .they left with their freight
they found the toboggan trail in
excellent: condition and made re-
‘cord time: . On. the return the
| trail. was” broken up, and they

| boseens at. Third Cabin. .

“John McPherson, f ormerly
‘manager ‘of the Hudson’s Bay
post at Babine, returned on

Island, where he spent the’ win-
ter. He expects to leave on
Monday for Babine Lake to re-
sume development on Copper
Island; where he has an excellent
surface showing of copper. ore,
Mr, McPherson looks for good
developments in the Babine and
Tatla districts this season. A
large number of settlers willtake
up land on the north side of Bab-
ine, some being already in the

ment © 2

Telegraphic Briefs:
~ London, April 24:—It has been
definitely decided that the Prince
of Wales will visit Canada next
year. .

Victoria, April 21:—The better
terms question will be taken up
in June. The commissioners are
"| preparing “plans, for’ their: work.

‘London, - April’ 24:--The - ‘mili
tant’ puffragettes continue ‘ ‘theif
campaign of outrages, One, ‘of
their latest attempts was the set.
ting of a bomb for Hon. : John
Burns, ‘at Manchester. ‘The con-
trivance failed to explode.

“Victoria, April 18: =A depute.
tion’ today waited upon” the

‘premier’ and attomey-general tol.
Q request the prosécution of various
: Sunday traders ini Victoria.”

The
attorney - general consented’ to
prosecution i in special cages cited
for his. condideration; but exeept-
ed Sunday 1 newspapers anid hews-
‘stands... . The government’ does

Wednesday... ftom... Vancouver]

‘ {been undertaken by Green Bros.,

jlies between the railway. and the

a approxiniately * northwest and

Burrudnding the three: parka, AL:

+08" experts, and is ‘tegarded as, the
. last word i in townsite plans. rare

London, April 24 —A Serious
situation has developed i in Balk-
an 1 affairs, owing to the action of
Montenegro i in disregarding the
note of the Powers requiring her

to desist from the siege of Seu-
tari. The Montenegrins chose to
end ‘the war in their own. way,
and succeeded in capturing the
city. Austria has warned the.
Powers that if they do not drive
Montenegro out immediately
Austria will take that step her-
self. ‘'Scutari from today be-
longs to Montenegro,” is the re-
ply of the mountain kingdom.
The Powers are conferring on
the question.

“athena April 21:—The reply
of the Balkan Allies was pre-
sented to the European powers

NUNTENEGRO TAKES SCUTARI.
~ IN. DEFIANCE OF PINERS

Consequences of Action May Prove May Prove Ser ious---Austria De-
mands Immediate. Abandonment of Captured City
Montenegrins Refuse Compliance -—- Powers May Act

ance of offers of ‘mediation be-
tween Turkey and the Allies,
with reservation however, that
the questions of the disposal of
tie islands in Aegean Sea and
the determin ution of the frontiers
of the Provinee of Thrace and
the future state of Albania shall
be left oper for debate between
the Allies and the powers during
negotiations.

Pope’s Condition Serious
Rome, April 21: :—Improvement
in the Pope’s condition’ is slow.
Itis doubtful, the physicans, say,
if he can ever fully recover.

Calls Jt Bluff .

Washington, April 21:—Sena-
tor Wilson,. of California, says
the Japanese agitation is all a
bluff. The government shows no
inclination to interfere with Val-

today. It is a general ‘accept-

ifornia’s policy in the matter,

IMPORTANT POINT

town of Smithers, ‘which i is to be |
the G, T. P. divisional point in
the Bulkley. Valley, ‘are predicted
by W. P. _ Murray, of Aldous &
Murray, Ltd., selling agents for
the railway company. Mr, Mur-
ray arrived from Vancouver last
Saturday, and tras since been
busy with preliminary arrange-
ments for the development of
the town. ToThe Miner he said

Smithers townsite, :

which has
Burden & Co., is to be completed
by July 1, under penalty, : |

The town, as it will be laid out,

Bulkley river, the site being
practically level except to the.
northeast, where the ground
rises eighty feet higher, being
here about 150 feet above : the
river,- This will probably be a
favorite residential section, pro-
viding ideal home sites, In - the’
busiriess section the stréets’ will
be parallel’.and at right angles
to the railway, which here runs

-|southeast, on a four mile tangent
with no appreciable grade. In
the residence portion of the town
the streets, ‘as plained, will ron
with: the cardinal “points, of. the.
compass, with series of crescents

driveway will follow the hank of
the river. » “The: ‘plan is the: work

The ra ilway. company hes al-|,

Rapid ‘developments i in the new | -

a ‘Sdteset for: rte eléar. |

PROVINCE SENDS OUT.
MANY SURVEY PARTIES —

(Spectal to The to The: Miner) ~

prosecution of the extensive gov-
ernment surveys’ planned “for
this seagon, a large number. of
surveyors: has heen appointed to’
assist the Burveyor-general,
B: CG. Affleck, of ‘Hazelton, will
operate in the Lakelse’ district;
H.C. Black, of. Prince: Rupert,
will undertake * ‘surveys . in the
Bulkley Valley; F,- Butterfield,
Victoria, will work i in the Necha- .
co district; K, C.. ‘Taylor, Van-
couver, in the N. figs river reserve;

vey of base ines in- ‘the Ground-
hog coal district; BR, CG ‘Swannell,
Victoria, will make ‘ani explor-
atory. survey in Cassiar and G.M.
Milligan, Victoria, will under-
take the exploration of the Peace

Over twenty: ‘other’ surveyors’ ‘will |
work 4 in Various districts under ’

general. - ny ey

necessary: by the development of
the town,

The station At Smithers will be:
on this. section, including. a rest-_
tures, ~Roundlhouges, ‘Tepair
shops and. -other buildings, te.

when- ‘steel ‘Teaches. the ;

Victoria, —April- £3.:—Por- “the te

T. H. Taylor and D, ‘0, “Wing, .
Victoria, will continue the sur-

river district in British Columbia,

instructions from the. Birveyor. |

much larger. than: any 80. far built :- |

aurant and. other. “necessary. fea- :

quited for. the divisional ‘head. "
‘quarters. of the road will be’ oe

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