A \ ‘eae | i. q u " dition failed to improve, however, be taken to the United States for -death of Mr, Morgan, who was _ the most prominent-figure in. the ~ was in the banking business: ~for — he was unquestionably the finan- POWERS WILL COMPEL . ~ possible after: peace. ig’ ioe ralla: from the Canadian B00 “ aN oe fone. epasa-Cnalircarint VOL. IE, NO. 31 -.HAZELTON, B. C. SATURDAY, APRIL: 6, 1913: PRICE 2. 00 A YEAR FRAN ORGAN, PRINCE | NGE, PASSES AWAY} = Anxiety Regarding Money ‘Trust In. Trust Investigation Thought to ‘Have’ Hastened Death of Financial Dictator---Hile Re- markable: Career--Left Great Fortune - ~ OF FINANCE, “Rome, March 81 I, Pierpont Morgan died at noon today. The great financier had come to Rome _ to consult specialists, - His con- and | he suffered great internal pain. “Bor several hours before his death he was in a state of . coma, unable to respond to qites- tions or to recognize those at his bedside. Heart. tonics had no effect,’ and his condition gradual- ly. ‘became worse until he end. ‘ The physicians attribute the breakdown to anxiety caused “by. _ the money trust investigation in * the United States. After embalming, the body will ‘interment. Contrary to expectation, ‘the financial world, had little effect on the + yt ge Moti “wi” 6 “years “of BRE oe a : we “No. man: of recent: times’ has - ageupied a: more ‘prominent place in” American’ financial history than. John Pierpont Morgan.: He _more than half a- century, and “during the latter years of his.life ‘the financial pillars of thecountry. ‘| life, cial dietator of the United States, When panic. seized Wall street in 1901 during the struggle for the control of the ‘Northern: Pacific Railroad it was Mr. -Morgan. wha came: to the rescue, Again} when in-the fall of 1907-the Wall street panic was at: its height, instinetively turned to Mr. Mor- gan for aid and advice, He heeded the appeal and within forty hours created a pool. of $40,000,000 and saved the nation from what seemed to be a panic that would topple over many of Aside from these two incidents Mr., Morgan ‘probably will | be chiefly remembered. for the part he took in floating the United States Steel Corporation: His contral over menand mon ey was the dominant keynote of his ; Others, perhaps, were wealthier than Morgan, but he commanded his wealth and that jof others. At the:height of his power he is: said | toh have. cont ed $9, 000; odd; ‘O00. ‘Iti is impossible to-estimate with any’ depres | of. accuracy the Bize of the Morgan fortune, It: has been variously. estimated in recent years. at from $75,000, 000: ‘to $200,000,000. If it is anywhere near the latter figure it is equally true that Mr. Morgan n made as much for others. MONTENEGRO 10- OBEY London, April 8:—Great Brit- ain, ‘France and Austria have “agreed to make a naval demon- -atration-: ‘immediately, with the - object. of. forcing: ‘Montenegro. to desist from” further. attempts to take Scutari, ’ ‘Servia is also like- ly to be thus compelled. to “obey the Powers, ‘The taking of the forts before Seutari was a bloody affair. ““forlors, hope, each threw effective aking breaches in the “defences before. all were slain by the Tutkish garrison. », ‘ The end ot the’ wat séerhs, jiearer, : London’ April 5:—-Montenearo ‘is still defiant of the Powers, re- ~ fusing | to abandon thes siege of Scutari. There are rumors of _ Berious complications in interna. “tional: relations in consequence, tie at Want Diaz Back . /\Havena, March’ 81: A delega- Gon ‘of i Mexicans. ‘enroute for Europe to urge Gen. PorfirioDiaz "to return to Mexico ag soon as re-estab- ‘lished, arrived here aboard | the steamer Esperanza. wleyet Forty-nine | ‘thousand tins of tirade. against man-made laws, her sentence were enforced. Two |: = hundred picked men, acting ag a. -prisonment of. Mis, ; “Pankhurst. "en “districts are feng to tembin off the lists- until: the fall|'. MRS, PANKHURST ifs ‘LONG TERM IN PRISON London, April “3: — Mrs. Em- meline Pankhurst, teader of the tnilitant suffragettes, was today sentenced to three years". prisonment for inciting persois to commit damage to- property:. The prisoner delivered a. bitter in which she hinted at suicide if “London, ‘April Bi Militant ‘suffragettes are breathing venge- ance aver the. conviction and im- They threaten: the lives of. their enemies, and. are: preparing to) use dynamite. The rai ways ere taking the women’s threats ser- iously enough to take unvaual ‘recdutions, in > Policing , their rode This i ig the Jaat day’ upon which applications . ‘for registration as voters-can be reeelved ‘in- Huzel- ton for. ‘the. ‘May revision. The commissioners have ' ‘been busy, resident of Hazelton and the i im- revision, but as min ho is. vilikely the firanciers of the country - _|the development. of the .town)- dent Donaldson before. the lota . lee surveying, and ag goon as iti is and it is thought every: qualified v = “operations, . _ Chettleburgh & ” devatood that R, Cunningham _ progfam. "Building UR South Hazelton At South' Hazelton | prog: 8 is being made with building ~ of their new. premises, whiel ‘are prattically completed. R._. S. Satgent has begun the gonstiaetion of a building 30x45, to ~ "which: additions will be made ‘ dis required, J, is making preparations for the.erection of a hotel building, «the material for which is alvendy on the ground. ' construction of a ware house ¢ ‘BS’ ‘the first step i in their building Stephenson & Gun, contractors, are busy with . plane and estimates for new as dings. - ~ Sinclair have taken possession CG. BS Sealy . eis is un- — & ‘Son: have decided upon the. DEVELOPMENT PLANS © of Smithers, the Bulkley:Valley'; divisional point on the Grandi Tronk Pacific, was brought by. R. E. Williams, the well- krfown. Telkwa man, who returned from. Vancouver on Saturday evening.: Speaking to the Miner, Mr. Wile liams said that tHe Williams-Carr Lumber, & Investment, Co, a new. organization in which he is aas0- ciated with T. L, Carr, another! pioneer operator of this ‘district, | has contracted with Aldous G..T. P, townsite of Smithers, to. care for the local interests of ‘th firm in connection with the divi sional point, hig ¢ fem” ed iE: ‘Wis **willl immediately open.an office Smithers, Later, when: ‘ateel reaches the townsite,.a complete stock of coast Jumber, will ‘be laid down. © _ “In connection with Smithers, ” he continued, “y am authorized. to say that-the townsite will be laid out according to plans now being prepared by expert landscape engineers, and will be planned on the most modern lines. The survey will: start. immediately, and must. be completed, before July first, Lots, with the ex- ception of those: owned by the m-|provincial government, will not -be gold at auction, while prices will be kent low enough to allow purchasers to make a profit. In- creases in tha prices of lots will be made from time ‘to time, as warrants, previous notice being}. given, : . “Smithers will: be a permanent passenger and freight division. Of this. intending ‘investors will have ample assurance in an. an- houncement to be mada by Presi- dent: Chamberlin or Viee-Presi- are placed on the market, a “After the preliminary. work decided ‘in what manrier the contracts for the work shall be|; let, the railroad yards, ‘all of the business district, and the main atreets will be cleared, . “There i ia'no doubt that,: ing ac- cordance: ‘with. railway Practice, | ‘| all. train crews will: change ‘at the station. :- "g very tavge> Bese has heen appropriated ‘for advertising the + town, and diatricti. The resulting FOR DIVISIONAL POINT The first definite news regard. ing the plans for the development} : Murray, fiscal agents for thet | Sritthers 8 Boon: i) Bteel. reaches| ve ~NEW FISHERIES: POLICY (Spectal to The’ ‘Miner) Vancouver, April 2:—The suc- cessful inauguration of the new ‘fisheries policy of the provincia! government was the subject of a ‘vigorous. “speech deliveredby the attorney-general last night, the feceasion being’ the opening of the new quarters of Vancouver Con servative club. . Mr. Bowser de-}. elared that the new - fisheries |license aystem would not only re- sult-in replacing orientals with ‘white fishermen of the best class, ‘but would establish in the latter B: nucleus: for the Canadian navy promised under the Borden plan, } ‘On the Skeena: last. year there ere 49 white fishermen, all fish- ing with’ cannery -gear. This ‘ihreat the: government. : ‘reserved 170 lieenses on the river, and 127 of these were taken up by white men, The result of the new system’ in’Rivers Inlet, on the Naas, ahd elsewhere was also gratifying, “This year’, said Mr. Bowser, “in this number two district, there will be 270 whites owning their own boats and gear, where last year there, was not one owning his own boat and net. Last year 264 whites fished with cannery boats and gear. . The this year, so we expect a total of over 500. white fishermen in this one district,’ ’ ‘The attorney-general concluded with arap at Laurier and his Japanese fishermen, and vigorous criticism of the Liberal attitude on: the naval question, " Blockade Will Continue . Ottawa, April 5:—The debate on:the naval bill will be resumed on Monday. The Liberals will continue their blockade. The Japanese treaty is nearly. ready for passage. It will provide fur- ther reitrictions on Orientals. ‘London, April 8:—Hon, Wine- ton Churchill stated in’the house! - of‘commons today: that the three dréadnoughts promised by Cani- ada were so vitally needed - that if not contHlbuted by the Domin- ion, or. if long delayed, they must fill: ‘in. ‘the’ gap. in the‘program planned,:. Canada” s-contribution wilh be part of a great Imperial aquadron,. playing a real part in the ‘defence of the Empire, aS Yorke," Apel, 4—~ EB. 8, Stotesbitey,.’ thhager. of » the Philadelphlg, louse of Morwin & Co.; is likely to auceeed. the : late! . °¥ | pubilélty carihot! fall: tobe of AGonéthed: of Page. Bix). J. Pierpon ‘Morgan as. head oft |S PROVING SUCCESSFUL same nurnber is likely to return| Jon poultry keeping and egg -pro- ‘| farmers of the district taking, a be biiilt by ‘Britain herself, to]. of buaiiiess will be the election of State of Ohio--.Great Loss Chicago, “April 4: —Conditions at Dayton are such that a second flood is feared, available, it is certain that the loss of life has been much below the first estimates. a Floods on the lower Ohio are causing anxiety, the river having reached unusual height between Marietta dnd its mouth. There has been no further loss of: life. Columbus, Ohio, April 2:—Half a million flood sufferers in Ohio wil] require relief for at least three weeks. The property loss to-date has amounted to about $350,000, 000. Exaggeration of the hardships. which 500,000 persons in the area swept by the flood of last week have endured is impossible, Large numbers of them have lost their homes and are without money. They are being shelter- ed in churehes, halls and in ‘the -homes of the fortunate who were not i in the, paths of the floods. The cities that, Suffered were no more consideréd in the~flood zone than Omaha was thought to he-in the tornado belt. inundation came from no broken reservoirs or dams, but from the skies, Two weeks of wet weath- er, that soaked the soil almost to the point of saturation, followed by a precipation of seven inches - While the facts are not yet , The}. ss OF LIFE IN FLOODS IS ~ LESS THAN FIRST ESTATE Lower Ohio River Now in F lood.-.Dayton Seill Endangered By Rising Waters—--Half a Million People Suffering i in of Property © en f . rin two days was the cause-of the. floods, Floods in Manitoba Vancouver, April 4:—Winnipeg despatches state thatheavy floods are occurring north_and west of that point. Thousands of people are marooned by therising watere and much damage has been done, So far there, has been no loss of life. ‘Sentenced For’ Life Vancouver, April -4: :— Wilson, the footpad who wascaptured by’ an intended victim, Sinclair, wad today sentenced to imprisonment ' for life, being found guilty of* captor, who received two bullet wounds from the bandit’s revol-— ver. ° Stampeders Disappointed Vancouver, April 4:—A’ des- patch received today from Nah lin, the nearest point to the scene the prospectors in the- new:. dis- trict, and many are reddy to to leave the Silver creek ‘camp. To Fly Across Atlantic. London, April 8:—There are already four entries for the Daily ~ Mail’s prize of fifty thousand dro-zeroplane flight across _ the Atlantic, 1 GOVERNMENT SENDING . LECTURERS TO VALLEY (Special to.The Miner) Aldermere, April 6:—In- res - ponse. to the request of the Bulk- ley Valley agricultural association | ° and farmers’ institute, the. pro-|. vincial goveriment has arranged for a series. of lectures on agii- cultural subjects, to be given here. H.E. Upton will lecture duction, and A. E. Keffer‘on soit conditions and general farming, including the cultivatiou.of small fruits.” May 5 and § are fixed as the dates of the lectures, and a large attendance is assured,. the great interest, ‘Vancouver, ‘April 4:—The Can- adian Pacific has adopted ~plans for a fifteen-story hotel. in Van- couver, The design © of © the structure i is original and effective, Board of Trade Meeting — The postponed quarterly nets ing of the board of. trade “will be held in the: Wrinch “building on Tuesday evening next. One item |: _|a president, : fi succestion’ to R. DeB: ‘Hovell; whose renioval from || hee lat, webln province.” — ee , - Arebiteet Rattenbary, who: Is” {reins and wotk v will be Hazelton leaves the ehe vacant, “s DONALOSON EXPECTS EARLY COMPLETION Vancouver, April 3:— - Morley Donaldson, general manager of the Grand Trunk Pacific, return- ed’ east today, after - spending . several days. in Vancouver and Victoria. He spoke enthusiastic. ally of his visit to Prince Rupert, Hazelton and. the rdilhead. The” steel is expected to reach Smith-- ers by June. If there ara no un- . P. main line: will be driven at some point west of Fort George - in the autumn of 1914, It is the company’sintention toi inaugurate © a through train service: from the. Atlantic to the Pacific” early in| 1915. ‘Trains from the east may . The contractors have 6,500 Tien. working o£, construction i in ‘this now in Victoria; ‘has ‘comple plans for: the company’ i idite a arene by the railway ‘at that: the attempted murder ‘of. his. of the Teslin stampede, says dis- . appointment is. general among -. dollars, offered for the first, hy- : foreseen delays, Mr. Donaldson’. says,. the last spike of the_G. tT - reach Fort George late this year. co.