VoL. vi NO. 8.

“HAZELTON, B, Gu. “SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1916

__PRICE $2.00 A Yea a

1 le ARMY SEEKS

ie

Washington, Mar “th —-Presi-
dent Wilson has: today ordered
‘Aimerican ; . troops: to. “cross - the
af - Mexican border, to ‘eaptire ‘the

ed Columbus. . .
x 6 The first cavaley brigade under|
i} General Parker and: the’ ‘second
i brigade, under General Dodd, are
; now moving, “General Funetan
}) has left for the: ‘border. to take

f permission to Bend) a body of
F Mexicari: troops across. ‘the border
r in pursuit of the’ bandits,

: MOLYBDENITE ¢ ORE,

In reply toa : request for infor-

a4 ‘mation regarding | molybdenite |! rains,
ore which was forwarded to -the French line . ‘yémiins unbroken,

4 ‘provincial mineralogist, the: fol- despite furious German assaults} |
by five. divisions of Prussians,
Violent fighting is” reported : “at
the’ village of Vaux. Ce

if lowing has been received by Joe
: Sheedy and partners, who are
interested in the molybdenite
properties at Six-Mile: .

“The market demands. for

>: BO per cent. “tholybdenite’’ “Defore
_ itis saleable, The Present Drice

for such: a product is ‘around
. $2,500: per ton. The ‘Specimens

HEAVIEST LOSSES YET R RECORD

WHOLE PRUSSIAN BRIGADES WIPED our
Be ALLIED OFFENSI VE. IN BALKANS SOON|

Villa. bandits: who » yesterday raid- - aree: ae Ws

MEXICAN van 1

* Gerinan: Josses at

¢ command, - ‘Carranza. hes: asked |.

London:. The British torpedo-

molybdenite ores are such that it boat:destroyer Coquette and tor-|_
| ___must b be concentrated. upt to . about pedo-boat, Now, Mere. sunk. aby;
atriking mines in’ the English
Channel. 45 lives were lost, The
Frénch harque Ville de Havre,:
handed to me represent ore con- was: sunk, .two lives being lost. |:
‘taining perhaps 4rom-5 4 20 per The ‘French. line 8:8. Louisiana, }
cent molybdenite, and as such, it 5. 109 tons, wag ‘torpedoed,

a)

Hosses of. t h:

the people. -

permit, it, may: take. place earlier.

| 000. men at Saloniki, t

the crew were ahved, There were
Verdun: ‘yesterday -exeeed any-|no passengers. ‘bbdard,
thing yet recorded. Whole brig-
ades - were “Aung: at the French.
a and were practically wiped ers near Varndj bt were driven government attitude. _ The Ger-
French’ Zouaves, - Turens | off by shell Bri.
and ‘Sengelese. did fearful work}. - dam:
: with the bayonet, aided. -by.. a
7 deadly machine gun and artillery
“AT SIX-MILE ISGOOD fire,” In Corbeau wood the French
advaneed and consolidated, their
Bast of. ‘the Meuse thet;

Russian, warghifps and five destroy-

--Salonikie: ‘A great Balkan of-
fensive by: the Allies is expected
in May. If. weather conditions

of munitions
There a are 85,000
French; 20, 008: ‘British,: 316.000,
Serbs and 16, 000 more French. ‘ont
the way; making & total of 286, -

“ Stockholm: - The government
joe Sweden has: decided to remove

oceurred i in Colbigne on “Tueaday the Haltic and North eae. 7
Jast, in consequent: ie of the heavy :
» Germans at
Verdun, ~ Artillety had to be
placed i in the streets to overawe

escaped and one was injured,

total:for.the. war, of 2,667.5 B72,

tional defence, cabinet. -..

Washington: ‘The Norwegian
barque Siliug, from New York to
Havre,’ was torpedoed without) month holiday in the south,
warning in- the Havre- Roads, |
The captain and three of the crew
were killed. Three . Americana

London: According toan official
statement, German, casualties for
February. were 86, 198, with a

* Roumania has seized, ‘for : arniy
purposes, 60, 000 .wagons and all
cereals bought by Germany. a
The Portuguese - cabinet has
resigned, giving. place: to. a: nae

is good: are, but’ ‘would have tobe
further concentrated, wo

- Developmont. work ig progress- =

ing. rapidly on the ‘Property, the]
tunnel. ‘how being in over G0 feet,
and thé. owners ‘are. ‘more than}.
‘satisfied with thelr showings at
; present, | ay,

: GRAND. CONCERT

dig next’ (St: Patrick’s Day). “Thel
program will’ ‘include “@ grand|’
ininuet, a ‘minstrel. troupe, and
other novel features, | - -

ie ' Hazelton: orchestra will
nssiet ‘with the music atthe dance}.
hie follows. the soneert ro-

FINE SHOWING ON
RED ROSE GROUP

Emil Gallon, who- came down
from the Red Rose yesterday, re-
ports that a fine body of ore. hag
been Opened. up in ‘the crosacut
: Wwhich,i ‘ig being run 850: feet below

the upper tunnel, .
. ST. "PATRICK'S DAY thia’ showing has not been defin-

~ Complete arrangementa | ‘have itely’ ascertained yet, but enough
now, been made ‘for. the grand |e ‘has been uncovered to prove
‘concert and danee 0 be held in| the owners that the Red Rose

7 Assombly ‘Nall, on Pridayceven- is 8 i bie mining proposition, .

"Methodist Church”
Rev, W. M.  Seatt will preach:
tomorrorr evening on the follow:
ingeubject: “World Supremacy,”’
Mr Moridon. will ping. . :
A: ‘Toll of. honor, ‘contaning ‘the
names’ of men, from. this. district
| who: have ‘gone to the front, will

The extent of

oe i ¢, Brewater
A was. Niel ovr. ‘Hon.A.C.Flum:
ae erfelt, mn: Satifed:

s. by-election
in. Victoria, : sor th

|RED CROSS DOING: = |
: ‘EXCELLENT WORK

The executive committee of the
Hazelton Branch of: ‘the Canadian

regular: ‘ionthly -meeting on
Monday evening. Although thia

brarich-is lesa ‘than two. months
old, a splendid feport was issued.

Tha. making of ; ‘pajamas and the

have turned in seventeen. pzira

7 [of well-knit. socks i in nine days. -

~. Sydney, N. g. We ‘Mar, e—~The
cabinet has decided to disenfran-
chiaé:: ‘all: German- torn voters till

the end. of, the. war, | This follows

Enclall the’ arrest and: intersiment: of. cal
ret hostile aliens, ar

Mare 1S Working Mooting under
tectlon ot Sirgient Supply’ ‘Committee
f Ca

Red. Cross Society.; held their |’.

There: are’ ovér eighty members |:
and-the sum. of $821. has: come}:
into the treasury, “Work imeet- |
a ings ha ave: been held, vat twa. of} -
” | which’ over. fourteen ‘hundred
aurgical dressing were completed,

. knitting of socks are other forma}.
lof activity which are being. vig-|
, orously. prosecuted, and ‘Splendid |.
assistance is being received from :
Indian women... ‘and : ‘girls, whol.

Canadian Patriotic Fund
March 4, 1916:.

; Other donations: |

J, Sheedy
George Hauk .
-John-Brown .

A. Respel ge TB
J, E. Oppenheimer, . 16.00.
. A. Bred Wey . 5.00.

“Mr, Gorman | ‘
EB. FB ‘Jankson .
James: Anderson
“Chas, Pearce ... -
A. Wilgon
R Janze 2g ig.
Nels Thon pein ee,
Rod: Douglas. =
‘Employees of “Chicago. .

bl A a ee ee a
PPE, mem. ge ort
a

Smithers district hag. not bean’.
heard from.this month, -

Rome: Two of thet most power.

jtal. Avstrian’ dreadnoughts: are lerd
being: proparad -at.’a Dalmatian Tic : i

port'for’a dash to: Constantinente|r

[to relieve. Turkey «in: the ‘Biack|:

1d. OF: mines from.

ea This explains the’ eleating ||
the Pardarielies.:

Following. is a statement a
receipts from. Feb. .6, 1916 to

Received from regular monthly
. Bubseribers 2 -$ 198.85

- Rev. J. P. Sargent 5 10.00 {Thursday for Peace River, via * -

:-|Edmonton and- ‘Dunveran, on.
‘J official business. He\ will be
_|away several months,

| Anyone wishing “to have his.
: |subseription, given “forthe ex-. 9 >.

Subscriptions to-date ‘$4,978.48
Remittances: to h'dq’ TS. 4,789.96
Balance. on hand, S$ Bae 208.52

| UAL A AND DISTRICT os
_ NEWS. PARAGRAPHS a

monton: on Thuraday,

Jeert and Dance next Friday.- at
Duke Harris has gone to Van-

was in town for’ a few: ‘days this.
week.

Tommy King ig + back: in the

man, idea in laying these mines district, after spending the. win- -

was to prevent. all traffic between ter at Ainsworth, we
"Ips. MacKay made the teip tor
. Smithers with the amateur Blay- a

ert on Monday night.

Oeores MeKay,of the telegraph ,
service, left on Tuesday for a two

It is reported that the Prince
Rupert section of the 102nd will
leave, for Comox i in'a, few days. a

EB W. Dowling, superintendent .

vice, came up from’ Rupert on
Monday.

Jd. M, Lynch, the ‘well-knowr
Smithers merchant, passed away _
jet: the. Hazelton’ Hospital on Fri-: -
ay. moraing, -After'a’ ‘very’ ‘sho
illness,”

interested in the Corderilla mine, :
last. Monday. - He reports ‘con-:.
siderable’ mining f activity, around a

. Usk.

‘The Hazelton arnatiur’ players oe
went up to Smithers-on ‘Monday, .
night and put staged very credit- |

on Tuesday morning.

ment telegraph service, left on’

pense of the Rupert hockey team, .~
returned; cari have the same by. -

ES. Wright, secretary of. ‘the:

[Northern B.C. Agricultural. ‘AB:

Group” Mineral Claims: 18. 10 : ‘sociation, -artived °from’:Prines “|.

Pon “18. 85
New Hazelton Branch 62,50
|Telkwa Branch i 160.00

Total for. period’. » €PED

Rupert on-Monday. ‘Mr. Wright ©

is compiling’ a handbook and. ~~

guide of Northern: B.:6, and: is
taking-a trip through the distriet .

W. McAdam returned to. Ed- .

Don’t Forget the Patriotic Con- a

couver on a short. business. trip, ~

the “German mine field off Fal-| 7 D. ( ‘Sourdough’) - McKay |
| sterbo, which: caused the loss of left for Fourth Cabin - yesterday.

German aetoplines attacked aj the steamer Martha. The press |: Angus McLean, of ‘Smithers,
throughout Sweden supports the

of the government telegraph Sere.

 B, M,Ruggles, of Prince George, ok,
came up from Usk, where he is...

able performance of ‘What Hap-- ore
| pened to Jones. " ‘They returned aan

W. Blackstock, of the govern- 7: a

applying to-Stuart J, Martin, It ©

--|not claimed, the money wilibe
-. [turned over to the Athletic Asso. .
_ {elation to: make: ‘up their deficit. :

to obtain data for'that. purpose.” cas

* Privates H. W. Sharpe andl

Burriigton left, on: Tuesdsy to.
rejoin their’ battalion, the-102ad,
at Prince Rupert. “Al, MecDoug-:
. —*! all and W. A. Stevens’ wént down:
on Tuesday and Arthur’, Hankin’