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“NVOL. VI No, 38.

_HAZELTON, B Gs, SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1917

PRICE $2.00 A YEAR

MAY STOP. BOOZE OUT. t

2 > Legislature. Adjourns Until Aug:
: tat, When Prohibition Will
Come Up. -

‘Victoria, “May - 18:—A _ commis-

sion will be named to investigate

: charges i in connection with .the
soldiers’ vote on prohibition. The

. session of the legislature will be| *
adjourned until August, when the!
‘Yeport of the ‘commission will be}

- - considered, If irregularities are
shown prohibitior will he brought
inito foree of October 1. |

Victoria, May 19: :—Whiteside,
Pauline and Nelson. have been
appointed a commission to inveg-

_ stigate’ the soldiers’ vote. They
_ will leave for England at. once, ,

General Brusiloff has withdrawn

against. Germany, are promised,
Amity between the duma and
the workmen’ 3 council has been
restored. ,

Ri

London:

eouraging - rews from Russia,

his resignation and will return to
the front,and renewed offensives

From ‘the Freneh front comes

SSIAN SITUATION IMPROVED

| REPUBLIC PROMISES. TO TAKE OFFENSIVE...
~ HUNS PREPARE TO RE TIRE ON FRENCH FRON Tr,

There j is further en-.|

LOCAL. SOLDIERS

KILLED IN ACTION

.Twa more local men have. made
the: ‘supreme sacrifice for their
' country, Sergt. Charles * Helas

.| the report that the _enemy is
adopting precisely thé same tac-
tics in. destroying towns-and vil-
lages and. transferring troops . as
thosé which. preceded the famous
retreat to the Hindenburg line.

and Private. Frank Gray having

been killed in ‘the Battle of Arras.

__. + Both enlisted i in one of the B. ©.
A Highland battalions.

Lo James Turnbull and “Shot?”
Middteton, both of whom have
seen: long ‘service and have re.
*eently been. discharged from hos-|'
/ 2. Bital, are, now on. duty: at. the}.
: a B. CO base at Hastings, England,

t

c

Jack Morison. Shag - “recovered

duty. a

Re ‘D’Egvilie is. row second. |
lieutenant in. the’ 12th ‘Labor | -
Company, Northampton Regt.
ae and is at the front.:” ;

© The First: Pioneers, whieh in.
vos eludes @ score of Hazelton men,’

‘ couneil, Six of the “fourteen:

f is now known asthe 9th Canadian cabinet places are efile: by social.
Battalion, Railway, ‘Troops. ists, poe

‘Sergt. W. A: Macdonald, of the} ‘Paris: That the former Crar |

2nd Pioneers, writes. that: Jack

eastof Armenticres two hostile
raids were beater’ off.
no mention. of further fighting: at
Bullecourt or anywhere - else on}

was heartil y vwéles ome

from iis Sfoatids and ‘etuhed to as i
; submati ine » whieh sought to, attaele

the | White Star liner Adriatic..

ition cabinet was, completed today
o and ‘accepted. by, ‘bath, ‘the ‘duma
and the soldiers’ and ‘workmen’ 's

General Haigreportathat north-
‘There is
he Hindenburg line, :

The’: first American medical
orps has reached England, ahd

- Petrograd: ‘Russia’ 3 new nal:

v4 gunboats arrived’ at. Marseilles to
ail. in: ‘the’ “war on ‘Gerinan UE

| there twent -foulr hours jater.’ W “|,
vy ‘(mier Borden in an address in

es a long. account of the treacher-
han

the agreement cancelled.

Rome: Aastii ia tas. ordered al

sive, =

Paris: A number of Japanese |:

tes

boats’ and: con yoy French ‘mer

_fetaintinenys

; The: ruins of the for-

mer. village af? Bullecourt were

Berlin; 7

without - disturbanes * ‘from, -the
enemy,. who esti lished hiniself

Washington

and the Kaiser sigied a secret

treaty .in 1906, has Just been dis-
closed. A. Moscow paper publish-

ous “pact attahged: by: the two
rulers and aimed against France. |

Count Witte sticeeeded i in havin Yr
6 ambassador to Austria, “who has

Banks:. and. governtnent
‘offices are being removed, andy
business, houses , at hurriedly

evacuated’ according to command °

3 parliament yesterday,

oy

many.

ure has passed congress and goe

to the president for signature,

civilians to, evacuate ‘the Isonzo
sector, - in. whieh the Italians i are
steadily forging ahead. Trieste
is panic-stricken at the approach
of the Italian for ces, .. which’ ‘are
now only twelve miles. ‘from’ “the
city.

peasantry of -France,

the ‘Kaiser's mad assault on
civilization ‘to be successful, ”
Distress in Austria, he declares,
is terrible, but the éountyy is not
yet. at the end of its resources:

“Washington | Le

straight dectaration, of wat on
Germany. a

; “New-York:

the. ex-president plans to. raise
an army for personal and selfish
ends, ,

Ottawa: That the selective
ane may be instituted
in-Canada was intimated by Pre-

» Edwards, well known. here, is a

a sergeant i in that, Corps. |

. promise is fulfilled ‘itis bound to}

oo Berge, Jack Bennett.i is. in hos:
; pital at Sheflield,. where B shrap-

“nel bullet. was- extracted ' from |
2 his leg. He expects to ‘be: fit for
ws, ‘f duty again in a short < time. ne

havé.a “wonderfully: stimulative
effect upon. the: future” of the
province,’ “This ‘fleld was: first
discovered i in 1904, though: its fall
extent: was “nat at, the time Fecog- |
nized: * More | recent, explorations
_|have. shown. the: field: to-extand

if. ue: a fraction: of. its present FOREST SN rats

Prince Rupert on. Wednesday and
has been busy arranging for the
work of “his assistant rangers in
this part of his” district.
Sullivan: “has ‘heen appointed: for

“Tells: of Groundhog Coal
- oA. booklet on- Canada's mines,
: ~ dreulatet! at the Panama. fair,
_ | Baye .of Groundhog . conlfields:
aM bout 140 miles by trail north |
~ from” Hazi ton, Hear. the: head-

ro

fin a northerly. direction about 75
- miles. “and . ‘to: have. a widthin!
places*.of : about 80: miles: :

‘The

éks in. blah the ‘eoal occurs

Hazélton! Howard: Guest for Ba-
bine; C. RB. Hodd: for Tatla Lake;
R. ‘Duff, for thé: Bulkley Valley,
ahd — ~‘MeLean i for Francois Lake.

a pert duritig. the, absence. of Mr.

“a

Forester Allen. ‘arrived from

“depry

, Ranger Chettleburgh i is in. Ru-

to the coast.

Too Jack J. MeDonell a idteiocor
toy MeDonell varcived from Leth
Bridge a few days) BHO. aceomn-

Ferry Still idle

Mueh i inconvenience tas heen
experienced by. residents on the
other side of the Skeena through
the delay i in installing the Ferry.
The pontoon ‘ferry formerly in
use on the Bulkley i is now: ‘ayail-
able forthe Skeena crossing, but
has not: been. removed: to the
latter point, nor has the: boat
heretofore used ‘been ‘placed Jin
commission, It is to be | hoped
the, district engineer. will remedy] -
this’ condition before : ‘he. returns

broleen off relations with Ger-

The selecti ve draft army meas-

New York:. Penfield, formerly

just retired, brings a tale of
sorrow ‘and ‘suffering among the

. He ‘says
iAlmighty God will never permit

‘The people are. kept j in absoliite
ignorance of happenings in the
: outside world.
The . “Italians ‘have’ taken ‘g4g2 |”
. prisoners in: their present voffen-

“According. to
advices received here, the Chinese

‘| government has asked for a

Senator Stone has
J attacked Roosevelt, saying that

: wishes of the people of th
~. 4 William’. Ware, the popul
gon’s. Bay manager here :

LOCAL NEWS PARAGRAPHS

Items OF General Interest From
_ Hazelton and Surround.
oo ing District

Renew your miner’s license he-.
fore May 31. .

T. P. Lake, of Carlisle, arrived
on Wednesday.

‘J. A. Elliott,’ of Vancouver,
came in on Thursday.

A. M.. Kipp,: of the Oceanic
cannery, was here.on Tuesday./

Shel. Robinson i is doctoring his
race- horse: ‘for a badly cut'foot,

G,,F. Johnston, of Prince Ru-
pert, was among the week’s vis-
itors.

’ Angus Beaton came in from .
Third Cabin’ on Wednesday, en
route to the coast for a visit,

‘ George Beirnes, who has been
Spending a few weeks’ in. the
coast cities, returned on Wednes-
day.

S

Government Agent Hoskins Te-
turned on Monday from an
official visit to Smithers and Tel-
kwa,-

Rev, W. §. A. Larter,of Smith-
ers, arrived from the Valley on

Monday, returning on Tuesday” §
train,

Many “Hazetion “Indigng’ ‘left
during the week for the lower
river and: coast, ' for the | sulmon
fishing season, ~

-A large refrigerator, with, cap-
acity for atom of ice, has been

ment of P. Burns & Co,

itis reported that T,T. Dunlop, :

of Smithers, has been appointed -
road superintendent for this dis- .
trict, and that. his. headquarters _
will be in his home town. i

northward flight by unfavorable.
weather conditions, have - been.
frequenting: grain fields in the -
vicinity of Hazelton daring : the

last week-or-so, :

An unprécedentedly late spring
ig reported by J. CuK, ‘Sealy, who: 7
returned this week from his Bulk- oo
ley’ Valley ranch, ‘Farmers in |...
the Valley ‘have been delayed i in:
their & Spring work, but are hopeful
of a good growing season.

‘Dr, Wrinch and the other dele-
gates to the Methodist conference
were on Sunday" ‘J ‘delayed: train, _
but succeeded in making connec- —,
tion with the steamer. at Itiver.

neas, the Prince Albert making a: ;

special call at that. point to ‘take an
them on.”

“Manager Ware Leave
oDaking swith: him”, the

constructed in the local establish- =

Wild geese, delayed in their a