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. “looks, tor. a smaller far production
. other - ‘points. : 4
“ defenders” captured, ¢ today ‘were

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vol. VL ‘NO. 88.

PRICE §2.00 4’ YEAR

TRAIL MEN MAY STRIKE

‘Smelter. Employees: Ask: For a
Rel: __ Further ‘Increase
a * In Pay °

heii April, .14:-— Twelve
ivhundred employees of. the. amel-|-
‘ ters ay id refineries at Trail, B.C.,
are: threatening to strike, ‘and the

_Dontinion government | may be

“asked to tale’ a hand-i ‘in. the mat-

: ter... The. men: ate -asking for

"fifty: ‘enti. a day i increase in pay,
fiich’. they

Fae “inereage of 5 cents a day, on

.: o Apel: 1,

-Sixteon’ Bodies’ i ound

. = sy Teeover: ‘the “podiés, of the. Gal

_ miners. entombed: in No. i. mine

“ege: ‘vémains « for. ES
© inoprisoned.: men, 09.5 “Ovi
the - workings. -were. “swept: bye
- five. ., The. working partied: ‘had.
to subdue. “Several” “fires ‘after

the: nar 7 vowirig to” the unusually
heavy. ‘gnowfall, spring, beinie-fut-
~ ther ad vanced: atr Hazelton : “than,

anywhere else: in the: interior.

The’ winter” ‘has not ‘bean favor!

able: ‘for. trappers and, Mrs Prenett

my ” Miting Notes”
the long. tunnel: on: the” Rocher|
de Boule mine, which. {was expect-|"

ed to strike “tha: big’ ‘ore ashoot’
‘about the end.of thig, sianth, is
i

tions. point to. the ee -prox-
of the body. of oda he

To
Couture.
' terday. by the’ British averaged a

' , |ideancing froin: ‘Vimy: ridge: ‘and.

i {the east of the: Fovest on the

| farm, “buti is: ‘in: “ poodt health. fond]

. |the, ald dountey’
Thee ‘reached :

HAIG SMASHING HU

“London: Haig’ 8 areat offensive
against the Hindenburg line con-
tinues with sticcess.
another section, of the. remy "3
vaunted line’ ‘was ‘taken, and the
British foreés threatén the pivotal
poiut of ‘the German line’ around
(| Atras. Simultaneous with this
adyance an entire | salient twa
miles’ in- width and nearly a mile
in “depth was taken. by the Brit-!
fish i in ari: assault near Metz-en-

Xesterd ay

The Sround taken yes-

mile of depth. on, 2. front of ap-
proximately five miles.  Gonzea-
court was ineluded i in ‘the vietori-
ous Aweep.

* Canadian “troops “ave steadily

‘| have ceeupied | enemy trenches to

¢ The: “Hun army
sles « are astounded by the tre-.
mendous ang unceasing strength
ot the ‘British smash. They are
forcing, prisoners of: war to dig

trenches, vélievingt more Germans
for, eeffort to stem the. British
advance, * Mhile reinforcements
are ‘being hurriedly brought from
‘Seores of trench

ation stalls ied ol

CANADIANS ADVANCE IN THICK OF BA TTLE-- -
_ GERMANS AS TONISHED BY BRITISH 5 TRENGTH |

transport drivers, and assistants, of the total. weal Ith of the nation
chauffers, bandsmen and other being ° $250,000, 000,000.
_.tbillions will be loaned to the Al-
Joining with’ the British offen-|lies and four billions will be kept

auxiliary service, men,
pressing: forward at the point}

ed by their blows,

the French yesterday.
taneously,” on Ahe north of te

their way forward. _ ‘The final
capture of ‘St. ;Quentin and St.
Gobain is now certain, ‘and must
result” in breaking the first point
in the Hinddnburg line, according
to: French strata i,

“London : : Ailthivaity ‘returns,
for March show that. eighty Brit-

ish vessels threatened by subma-

‘|rines were able to evade'or beat "there is’ small chance of success

off U-boat attacks. The number
of ships. entering or. ledving port’

cuntinues ‘to in areage, :

Washington: ‘Rumors that an

enemy submarine is plying off
the Pacific coast’. are persistent,
but so far there js no official veri-
fication of the report.

Reeruiting forthe U.S. army
is slow as yet. At the presént
rate of progress: it. would take six
years to raise the army asked for
by the: ‘president... :

The United States hag unlimit-
ed’ “money resources, ‘an estimate!

‘sive, General Nivelle’ 9 troops are in reserve. -

where the ‘southern pivot of-the newspaper Vorwaerts, of. Berlin,
German retréat j is fatany Menac- | says editorially that the German

+ The suburbs government must have the cour-

of St, Quentin were reached by age to tell the people the “whole
Simul- “len truth.

city, the British also pounded of peace toa world of- enemies,

Amsterdam: The Soeialistic

F. W.
Lake,
train.

Germany, the paper furé evening.
ther declares, eannot dictateterms

in Hazelton.

Capt, Persius, the noted Ger-

man railitary™ eritic;. warns. the
country not to shrug at the ‘Am-

erican entry into the war. To
do 80 would be to repeat the mis-
take regarding Britain’ 8 military
forces,

‘the. eoast. - »
Petrograd: “Gettin overtures |

jare not well received, Russia i ia
opposed toa “separate peace, and

for the Hun ‘propaganda: in. the
new nation. " Stories of a. peace
puct' are spread in the hope of

frightening the Allies.
day.”

Rio Janeiro: Austria has broken $66.
off relations with Brazil and -will).
follow Germany's lead, ‘Brazil-
ians are feverishly anxious to be-
gin war on Germany. ‘lhe delay
hag caused frequent disturbances. Valley.

Key. West: U. S.- naval ioffit

weekend,

ported sinking of the British
vessel Treveal, by a8 German

dubmarine, off Cienfuegns, Cuba. patriotic funds.

WOUNDED SOLDIER’.
mae RETURNS HOME

~ Another of. ‘Hazelton’ 8 soldier

ate

“| Private James. ‘H,..Hevenor ar-
rived’ from Toronto to.spend two-
‘months’ ‘Jeave;" " Jim is minus an

spitita, He: went “away with’ the

Hazelton contingent of the 102nd/ .
. | anid ‘after | soma ‘months’ service.
was Wounded “on Sept, 1 Jast.
fa 3} ginea. ‘that’ time: be’ had been {fi
Ft, ‘various hospitaleatd convalescent
camps in: Exigland, cand, he speaks

wil, take: a course: in gre hal
fon tha expiration ¢ of. hia Igave,. On

.|Soldiers’ Aid, and he has since
been | ‘busy greeting: his many |

| boys returried: on Tuesday, when 7

friends. .
ee
“ More Men Needed
‘ Ottawa:, Twelvethousand men
are required for. Canadian -over-
5008, forestty battalions, . -—

Buying Norwegian Ships

“Copenhagen 1. ‘Danish, news-
papers report that. ‘Americans are
huying . r:) majority | ‘of ‘the Not-
weglan ships under : construction
in American: shipyards, ‘Mors
than 200, 00 tiivé-have already |
| been purchased a

_, Wants te Re savation meg

, tionariea in. Germany aré anxious

of thrée-class franchise,

"| Britati i in placing: an embargo.on|

HUNS F EAR AN

- UPSET IN" EMPIRE a
day.»

lest President Wilson’ 8 indict
ment of, the Hohenzollern system,
folicowing the revolution in “Rus-
sid affect public’ opinion unfavor-
ably to the: the present , system,
jand the movement. for immediate
introduction of liberal: changes 'is
steadily | growing, * Iti is considered |
doubtful’ whether, the, Kaiser will|,

LOCAL NEWS PARAGRAPHS

Items. OF General Interest From:
Hazelton and Surround. -
ing District.

Finnigan, of Francois
arrived on Thursday’s |

There waa an informal dance |
in the, schoolhouse on Monday :

The Misses Martin, of Kispiox,
are spending the Easter vacation

Miss Pearl Allen, of the Union
Bank ‘staff at Smithers, ’
Easter with her parents here.

F. R, ‘Alexander and J. &. For-
rest, of Prince Rupert, were
among Wednesday’s arrivals from

. John -..MePherson,
Lake: merchant, returned on Wed-
nesday from Vietoria, where he
spent the winter, - -

. The ladies of the ‘Red Cross
entertained | a large: number’, at
their afternoon. tea last--Satur-
The proceeds a amounted to.

’ Mr.s and: Mrs. Lok Sealy
left for’ Prince Rupert on. Tues-—
‘ Mrs. Sealy is paying a vis- °
Copenhagen, April '18:—Reae- it to her sister, Mrs. C. W- Homer, . ;
in the coast: city, while Jack : is.
on his way. to Victoria, ce

Polson aud Fletcher, who start: °
ed for the Ingineca some weeks
‘BBO, -arrived: i in town - this. week,
having ‘been compelled.’ 0. turn
back’ from Fourth. Cabin, | owing ™
to the ‘hard going.
starting earlier got through with
out sigighlty. ee

eonaent fo the. ‘abolition of the} “| ae a5

“The. U.S . "will probably. join."

[tie export, of coal to: - Atstentiiie, 2 Ir
in, ‘retaliation’ for’; ‘the: southern

his: Atel val’ he’. was” ‘welcomed :
aby, sentatives: of the}

fe ne ahipment the Allies

H. B. Campbell left on Sunday
for a trip to Victoria. — .
C. Y. Wright returned on Tues-
-|day from a visit to Lake Kathlyn.
Constable Fairbairn, of Teikwa,
Three is in town on police business. —

L. Helas came in from the
Rocher de Boule-on Wednesday.
- A. E. Player is now a staff -
~ |sergeant in the Imperial~A. $C.

the Tatla

District Forester RE ‘Allen 7
was up. from Rupert for - ‘the
leaving on Wednesday _
for an official trip to the Bulkley »

Government~ Agent - Hoskins |
cers are investigating the re-|spent.the weekend at the Rocher

de Boule. ~°. He was successful in *.
obtaining. subs¢riptions to the .-

me

“The parties