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VOL. I, NO, 48°.”

HAZELTON, B.C. SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1918

I THe CUED
NBALKANWAR

' Roumania Apparently Holds

Balance of Power and Pro-
tects Bulgarian Rear |

PEACE CONFERENCE MEETS

Prospact That End of War Will Be

~: Reached Within Term of Truce---Al-

‘ banian Problem Solved by Appoint-
~ ment of Prince asRuler of New Nation

London,
has become the arbiter of the

Balkan situation, by reason of

her occupation of Phillipopolis.
She is guarding the rear of the
Bulgarian’ army, preventing the
advance of Greece or Turkey.

A five-days truce is now in

- effect, and before it expires it is
_ hoped the peace conference, now

in session ‘at Bucharest, will have
been successful in bringing about
the end of the war. :This is the

“ more likely as the result of re-

eent engagements has favored the
Bulgars, the Greeks being heavy
losers, 3

London, July 30: —The ambea-
sadorial conference has. sett! led | €
the ‘status of new Albania, Ascion

of one of the royal families will be),
_made-ruler of the country; re-

lieving the British government of
_the necessity of coercive -meas-
ures, There is today no official

Z news of the Balkan war. The
fm. situation appears quieter,
; Constantinople, July 28:—

fi
, 4

ae eS et er

ra

7 . the men,

Trustworthy reports of appalling
massacres by Turkish irregular
troops. came from districts in
Thrace, which the Turks are re-

_ occupying, .The country about
. Malagara, northeast of Gallipoli,
has been:

according to reports,
converted into a human slaughter-
house, .

’ The Bulgarians pillaged cand

_ burried the Moslem villages and

massacred the inhabitants, and
“how the Turks are wreaking
.. dreadful vengeance on the Chris-
tian  Villiages which: the Bul-
garians. spared,
The Turkish government issued
strict orders to the officers: toy”
avoid reprisals by the troops, - but.
- they have been unable to.restrain

‘Great Britain Stands Aloof
“London, July. 81:—Washington

has been officially notified that
’ Great Britain has decided not to

participate in the Panama: ex-

_ position. No reasons. have been

given. The United States govern-

ment is hopeful that both Great

, _ Britain and Germany will recon-
"7? sider their determination to hold
a _ aloof from the exporition,

- Pot Arthur, “July 81 ‘the
“Beitish parliamentary party: of
~ teienty which ison its way to
visit British Columbia arrived
hire today., ee

We J. Alder, a Vietoria n man

«io has large interests in, Prince:

_ Ripert spent. the. week. in-this|

July 81:—Rowmania

| bia waters since Friday, .

Favorable Reports
On New Gold Strike

Vancouver, July 80:—Advices
received here from officials of
the White Pass & Yukon railway
say the strike of rich placers at
Shushanna, Alaska, is genuine.
Hundreds of stampeders are go-
ing into the new field, ‘The first
gold, 200 ounces. fromthe dis-
covery claim, has arrived at
Dawson, -

Vancouver, July 31 —A des-|

patch to Vancouver board of
trade from thé board of trade of
Dawson confirms the stories-of a
gold strike.a Shushanna, in’ the
White river district.

CANADIAN WINS BIG’
PRIZE AT BISLEY

Bisley Camp, July 26:-—Private
Hawkins, 48th Highlanders, Tor-
onto, won the King’s Prize of
19138 with an aggregate of 330,
out of a possible 855, earning
with it the National Rifle Asse-
ciation’s* gold medal: and _ Bold

.| badge.and $1,250 in cash,”

‘The finish of the last’ range of
the final stage was Very exciting,

{bing @ keen contest.’ between |’
Color Sergt. Fenney, 5th Royall,

Warwick, who finished second
with 829, and the winner. Fenny

finished. his’ shooting some min-|

utes befvre Hawkins. with an ag-
gregate of 329, Hawkins made

amagpie in his fourteenth shot| ”

and. required a buil'on his final|-.
shot, which he obtained amid the
deafening cheers of the Canadian
team. _
Col. Sergt. Perry of Vancouver
won the King’s Prizein 1904 and

Private Clifford of Toronto won

the trophy i in 1911.
-The ‘Association eup, ten shots
at 1,100 yards whieh carries only

Jone prize and liag the alternative

of the cup or $100, was won by
Staff Sergeant F. C. Hawley of
the 90th Regiment, Winnipeg, |.
after*a tie, shoot-off, ” Corp),
Mortimer won it for the Cana-
dians last year..

Labor Commission Returns.

~ Vancouver, July 30:—The labor
commission | hes. returned from
its northern trip, which extended
as far as Hazelton, Sessions
will be held in Victoria, after

| which the commissioners will go

to Ashcroft and. Fort George, in-
tending to close the public sit-

tings by the last week in August.

Battleship Welcomed

- Vancouver, July 80:—The re:
cofition accorded the dreadnought
New, Zealand, the contribution of |
New Zealand to the British Navy,
which has been in British Colum-
was
reinatkable for’ its warmth: and
unanimity. Tn, Vietoria -provin«| |
cial” and municipal government
vied With each ‘other in enter-
taining the officers’ and crew,’
while. Vancouver. spared: neither |.
trouble hor expense in: according]
a welcome to the visitors...

Local and District News Notes

The Union Bank has opened'a
branch at Smithers,

_E.J. Hill, of Smithers, was in
town on Thursday, on business. |

A girl was born to Mr. and
Mrs. James Morgan on Tuesday,
July 28, -

J, M. MacCormick and Walter
Noel returned on Tuesday from

_|a visit to Smithers.

The opening of a postoffice in
Smithers is likely to be annouric-
ed within a few days:

After spending afew days in
the Bulkley Valley, Shel .Robin-
Son hag returned to Hazelton.

- EB. H. Hicks Beach and -G. 0.

Graham will Jeave tomorrow for

a.visit to Vancouver and Victoria.

J. L. King, the surveyor, left
Thursday for Prince Rupert, to
attend to the registration of
plana.

Manager Charles Reid, of the
Bank of. Vancouver, returned on
Saturday from a vacation trip to
Mthe coast,

' Contractor AL, McHugh ex-
pects to leave in a week or two
fora prolonged vacation trip toy:
the coast cities,

R..C. Sinelair returned yester-
day.from a trip through the],

Fraser’ lake district.

~The- railway ‘bridge- over. the

Telkwa river. is practically com-
pleted. The rails were laid to
the east side on Tuesday, .

’ Astronomer McDiarmid is ex-
nected to. return today from the
Groundhog ‘district, where he
has been engaged in establishing
base lines, .

Mrs. Douglas and ‘children ar-
rived from Nelson on Saturday,
and have ‘taken up their resi-
dence in the cottage formerly
occupied by S.:H. Crum.

W.W. Weathall rode his motor-
eycle to Telkwa in less than, four
hours on Tuesday. After visit-

ing Smithers, he returned to
Hazelton on Wednesday.

. As trains are now running to
Moricetown, all mails for the
Bulkley Valley leave on train
days, closing at Hazeltcn post-
office at noon on Wednesdays and
Saturdays.

Alderman George W. Kerr, of
Prince Rupert, returned yester-

field, where he has large interests.
He reports everything looking
well in the northern dirtrict.

. The Foley, Welch & Stewart

sawmill at’ Sealy, which: has not

been in operation for some time,
was burned on Tuesday ‘night.
‘Fire Warden Cline found nothing
to: indicate the cause “of the
blaze,

- Doctor B. WB Stanwood, the
Omineca. mining man, who has
been seriously ill of blood poison-
ing at:Prince, Rupert, Js recover-
ings Mrs. Stanwood is now in
Brlnes: Rupert.

An “0 cial citeular issued by

Bulkley Valiey and into the:

day from the Groundhog coal].

of Rivers Inlet, including Queen .
{Charlotte Islands, vice A. EL

MeMaster, promoted.

“Road Superintendent Willis-
croft has ‘gone to Prince Rupert,
for a conference with the district
engineer. Mrs, and Miss Willis-
croft accompanied him to Hazel-
ton, where they are guests of
Mes, Dan Harris, — ;

“A, C. Bate, of the Kildare
Mining Company's staff, is in
from Manson, for supplies. He
reports great activity in the
placer district, where a number
of -big concerns are engaged i in
hydraulic mining,

Two Naas Valley men, Parr

and. Priestley, were drowned in

the Naas_ River, near Aiyanish,
on: Wednesday, through the
awamping of their canoe. Priest-
nt was one of K. G. C. Taylor's
sufvey party. Parr was a pre-
emptor.

Duke Harris returned on Wed-
nesday from a visit to mining
properties in the Deep ereek and
Hudgon ‘Bay mountain districts.
He was. much pleased with the
showingshe saw and with general
conditions throughout: the Bulk-
ley Valley,

Rev. John Field and Mes. Field
left on Thursday for England,

‘where they will spend a year.
On the eve of their departure
+ {they were presented with a sub-

stantial purse as-atoaken of the
high esteem. in which they are
held by the people of Hazelton,

At its organization meeting, |

the newly-formed Caledonian
Society elected .the following
officers: Wm. Grant, president;
D, McLeod, Ist vice-president;
G.H. Graham, 2nd vice-president;
Rev. J, Munro, chaplain; A. Bor-
land, secretary; C, J. McQueen,
treasurer,

A party went to Smithers on
Tuesday, in Wiggs 0’N: eill’s auto-
mobile. After an inspection of

the new ‘railway town, with

which: they were much pleased,
they returned’ on Wednesday.
Included in the party were H, H.
Little, A. C. Aldous, 0. A, Rag-
stad, A. R. Macdonald, L. H.
Campbell and W. E. Taylor. The|-
latter two are Vancouver men,

-W, J.. Jephson, formerly of|

Calgary, a barrister and solicitor
of British Columbia, Alberta and
Saskatchewan, has opened. an
office in Prince Rupert, with a
branch office at Hazelton. His
local office — that formerly oc-
cupied by Mr. Hovell---will - be

open from the second Wednesday |

in each month till the following
Saturday. Mr. Jephson’s first
visit wil be on August 18-16,
“No. patients will be received
at | the, Hazelton Hospital until
August 14, A. case of scarlet
fever has developed i in the inati-
tution, ‘and 48-& measure of pre-
eatition: the medical suiperintend-
eri has: iasuted 4 quarantine order.
The. ‘malady was contracted on
‘ t, from, which the patient
tived.: The hospital
tlelpates no..diffleulty in| i

in| prvelting ‘the. spread. of the| wi

1 Confidence Reise

SEE a an

To British Investors

London, July 30:—Phe money.
market is notably. easier, The
Times announces’ that the four
million dollars of 44 per cent.
debentures issued by the Cana-

construction of its terminals at
Vancouver and Port Mann; were
fully subseribed before the adver-
tised time for closing the list,
The City of Vancouver bonds for
$2,500,000, also at 44 per cent.,
were fully subscribed, . Among
other Canadian securities just
listed officially are $2,000, 000 City
of Victoria serip fully paid 44 per
cent, consolidated stock.

BURNED T0 DEATH
AT NEW HAZELTON

William E. Shultz was burned
to death in a fire which destroyed
the Bulkley lodging-house at New
Hazelton on Tuesday night, The
fire originated in the kitchen and
spread rapidly, The proprietor
of the place evidently made no
attempt to arouse any lodgers
who might be sleeping in the

(house, but was the first man out

of the building. The victim,
who is said to have. been under
the influence of-+Hquor, was sleep-
ing in a, windowless cubicle from
which escape was" impossible
once the fire had spread through
the building. Shultz was.ateam-
ster and... had come from Illinois.
He was a Philippine veteran, and
was about 80 years of age.”
Coroner Hoskins impanelled a
jury, and an inquest was opened
on Thursday evening. Karruga,
the proprietor, admitted that he
had made no provision for the
safety of his lodgers, nor for the
extinguishing of fires. The in
quiry will be resumed thia after:
noon,

Cyclone in Washington.
Washington, Jilly 81:—The
worst cyclonic storm in the city’s
history oecurred last ° night.
Three were killed and many in-
jured. Houses were unroofed
and elm trees a century old were
uprooted. The property damage
has not yet been estimated.

»-Heat Wave in the East
Chicago, July 31:—Sevendeaths
from heat were reported ‘here
today, with hundred of cases of
prostration. New York and
other eastern cities are ‘also
sweltering,

_ Future Looke Bright
‘Ottawa, July 30:—Government
financial statistics, as métde pub-|-
lie today, give occasion for" opti-
-}mistie views’ of the immediate.
future, Revenuesare increasing,
and the trade of the Dominion i ig
growing: rapidly, . while. -buitiper |
crops: throughout Canada’ are in
prospect. ys!

~ Men “Haaly Needed:
Wintiveg! duly 30: At least

dian Northern Pacific, for the!

{rebels fell | inta' the forelg ettl

SHOT DOWN
“COLD BLOOD

“Denver Ed” Kelly Killed at
Burns Lake--Former Part-
ner Arrested on Suspicion

INQUEST NOWIN PROGRESS

Victim and Suspected Man Had Quarrel.
led Shortly Before Murder---Prisoner
to Have Preliminary Trial at Alder.
‘mere-Murdercd Man Well-Kuown

“Denver Ed’’ Kelly, a well-
known character who had fol-
lowed railway. construction to
Burns Lake, was murdered at
that place on Tuesday - morning.
On Monday evening Kelly had
an altercation with Jerry Mulvi-
hall, who was formerly his part-
ner, Exasperated by Mulvihall’s
abuse, Kelly gave him a severe
beating. About two in the ©
morning. as Kelly was standing
at the counter in Springsteen's
cigar store, talking to two
friends, a rifle was thrust
through the window and fired,
The bullet passed through Kel-
ly’s head, causing death two
hours afterwards.  Mulvihall,
who is said to have threatened.
Kelly, was -placed under arrest
hy Constables bicInnes and Mun-.
ro, who were summoned from
Decker Lake. The’ prisoner is
now on his way to Aldermere,
where he will probably receive
his preliminary trial on a charge
of murder.

‘Deputy-coroner Wallace and
Constable McAulay arrived at
Burns Lake. last night, and an
inquest will be held there today. .
Chief Constable Gammon has

gone to Alderinere to take charge
of the case,

Opposes Russian Immigration
4 Vietoria, July 31:—Mayor Mor-

ley has sent a protest to the

federal immigration department

‘in an effort to prevent: “the land-

ing of Russian peaganits, who are
shortly to invade the province in
large numbers,

" Chinese Rebels Busy
‘London, July 31:—The revolu-

created a serious condition, Dea.

‘jpatehes from Pekin and other

Chinese cities are conflicting.

‘Peking; July 29: —The Ameri-
can consul at Hankow reports
that a Standard Oil boat and a
British boat were fired on yester-
day near Yechewhunan, indiea-

|ting that the troops of thatre- |

bellious province are still con-. -
tinuing thelr murderous work.
‘The government ig in a state of
chaos, Half the cabinet offices
are vacant and there are: no ap-
plicants for the vacancies, ,

" Shanghai, July 29:—Rebels ti bo

started another fierce: attack. on

‘jthe arsenal yesterday ‘and main: : oe oo
"| tained a brisk fire, : The govern...

inent warship shelled. the rebels’.
position and. the fring on bo
sides - wag, intermittent, for thre
hours. Many shells: fron: he

me manta,

tionary movement in .Chinahas*/ ”

the number: of two thousand so