PRICE $2.00 A-YEAR Cae “Gapsaiar ¢ ta 66 age ; LS Mietoria, Feb. 7—-Government - ~Lappointed W. EB, Burna,-of “Van- “_ eouver, -bartister, a commissioner | me tae fnvestigate ‘the: alleged “ebal a. ao 7 ca combine." : ‘He will make’ a: thor: |; ie ough j ingiliry into the production |": ey salle: and. distribution of coal ° . throughout the province, - Scar +" eity.of coal in Tail coast. cities’ at + direct result of the miners’ strike | : continues to ineonyenience con- consumers. OS On, Monday. Premier } MeBride | i a wil introduce in the housé a-ye- “ “solution: expressing: "satisfaction GOVERN wi ENQUIRE ~— INTOALLEGED COAL COMBINE a _-Cominiaaioner Appointed To Probe | Into Operations: of Ts “Companies and Causés of Coal. Shortage. © ‘Premier To}: my . 4 Introduce Resolution: Regarding Panama Canal Rates ° with the attitude taken by the British. government i in” ‘upholding |‘ Canada’ 8. protest’ against the pro- pose a discritiination’ ‘touching g British. and. Canadian shipping, | in Panama. canal: tolls, ‘s This week's work:i In. the legis- lature has been.. entirely ‘devoid of sensational features: , ‘Victoria, Feb, Bi —Alarge’ dele. gation of: inining men adked’ the aL hye . -| Government toundertake geolog- oa ‘The proposed: work. would. be of. ini- mnense. value to mining: industry, ical survey. of” province. province, - $20, 000, sion a larger yield will: be’ shown, be known. woes . Agi in 1911, the gravel” washing Season was short in both: the: Car- iboo. and Cassiar districts; and as @ consequence,.the total quantity of gold ‘recovered was ‘small ag compared with’ that of a number}: of years prior.to 1909,--. I is a rée- markable fact that,” while in the summer and autumn: rainfall in the parts of the. Cariboo district to the’ north and south of the goldfields was: abundant, in ‘the parts: affecting the’ water supply for placer mining, purposes it’ ‘Was == PROVINCE Preliminsty Review and Esti.) m the Mineral. Pro:!. Auction for. ‘the Year 2012). of the latter, induced efforts ‘to mnaititain: production un ‘as. large a acale & as was practicable; one of the good- results Was: ah: ‘output: ‘Of copper that, as regards -both: ‘quantity’ ‘and total value,’ is. the highest on record fa the province, Provinew's . Proportion of Production “in Conada: - British, Columbla’a: proportion -.o?.the mineral. production ‘ofthe bw ole of Canada continues. to be ; | comparatively large. “ “| Bregate.\ valus: oF the) reduction’ : atven to:Omineea ereeks;: which ‘The -ap- very light,, — From ; /Atlin, -too, have come advices of the unfav- orable effect of water ‘conditions with a consequent diminished: re- covery of gold-on two or. three eréeke, However, it: is: hoped that the. season of 1913 will: ‘be a jhetter'one, So Renewed: attention Ie: beln “ in yeara gone -by- yielded. much] . abale, are, on several creeks 9 $250, 000: temaining parts of the}: In. Cariboo} | division about $160, 000i is the en- timate for 1912, as ‘against $136,- - 000-in 1911; $60, 000 for. Quesnel division ag compared.’ ‘with $34,. “ 000; and $10,000: for- Ordineca. { it may be that for Quesnel” “divi- but. this ‘cannot: be determined until after the results of, the ‘pea-] son’s operations of the Quesnelle Hydraulic: Mining. Company’ shall ; ‘terned: between these two con- placer gold. Other parte of the} ~ oa province in which Placer mining). ° is done . though. only’ on a. stil 2 au porters, went to New Hazel- tor and. played: the:fifth game of a pried. of eight for’ the Dunean ae CUP. oo + doi to defeat for ‘the fifth con- aeqntive time,” seore. being 5B, azelon 7 Players « are happy ‘vietors’ ag ‘far | as the cup is: con- testants The. losing” ‘team ac- companied ‘the vietors: home with the tropliy. and a Atting banquet wai held. Thoiigh-the ice was in poor condition, the, game was fast and replete with excitement from atatt: to finish, Referee Larocque was kept’ busy trying to eliminate |. the: fencing ‘proclivities of both tegms and for which a: number |- of the- ‘players were, meted “out penalties. It is “reported that Telkiwa, will challenge. the. locals for the. tro- phy-and. some strenuous games are looked forward to; “as. the Eoeall Team. Wins Ross Cup | East Saturday evening the lo- éalé hockey team, ‘Aacconipanied by a Tiree number of ‘enthusiastic 8 ‘usual, ‘New Hazelton: went! -bardment of Adrianople,. ~: - Sofia; Feb. 7: —The toain ob- ject of the Bulgarian armies, ‘as side: from the capture of. Adrian-| - ople, was disclosed by the war office today. Their ‘plan is to rreach the Dardanelles and ‘clear the-straits for the | passage of the" Greek fleét into the Sea of ~Mar-| /Marmora, The Greeks will then attack Constantinople directly | from the sea, Roaring of the} artillery in action can be heard in the Turkish capital.” - London, Feb, .7:—A: Constan- tinople despatch “says: severe fighting lias been going on for two days, in Gallipoli and. the | the ‘Bulgarians have won all a long the line, The. Turkish los- SIGNS OF BRANES “TEARD INONSTANTIIPLE Allies. Fullfill Threats To ‘Resume War and Begin Bom- Turks. Defeated In Battle. Warring Nations Improvished, Cannot Prolong Conflict and, Adrianople’ is still being bombarded by the big guns, - London, Feb. T—All efforts to prevent resumption of Balkan war have proved of no avail and the Allies began a stiff bombard- sment.of Adrianopte on Tuesday, making a fiereé and determined ‘attack: on -the garrison ‘of the. Torkish . ‘stronghold, Turkish troops occupying Gallipoli were and are said to. ‘be, retreating in disorder. ’ From a military and: economic Btandpoint Turkey's Position ig regarded as hopeless, ‘ All: the powers concerned in the war-are : financially embarassed and auth- orities believe will soon be - com- ‘ge8.are reported to be} five thous- pelled to cease fighting 2. valley’ town ‘is said :to’ have fast [players New Hazelton Hockey Club, Sea: - won 1912-1913... New. Hazelton, B. G., : Feb, 7, 1 918. ihr 0 Oninesa Miner, States if the house: of ‘Yepresent: ‘atives: and- three-fourths of. the btates: ratify: t a constitutional: a Wilon May. Have Six Year Terni Washingtin, . Feb. 8 Wood: | row Wilson may hold a six’ year tarm as ‘President: of the United erred: fg rprae hin review and eati: | _ ‘mate. of: the. province’ a: mineral ~. ports from: gold . commissioners _ .” believed will brove. ‘te be approxi: aa mately’ correct, - oan estimated mineral: ‘produetion =... during 1912 of a total’ value*of ~* $82°606, 000... Ib. will be seen tt at - the total’ value. of. production:-in 2 1992 ig expected to-be’ $9. 106,928 _- * taore than iw 1911, and" more ‘by "$6,228,984 than that of 1910;-the _..., Japt mentioned yéar ($26,377 066). - “being: the highest on record in the history. of mineral. production one 1912 were,- on! the: “whole,” favor Ae j ction, and the'resulta obtained . “must be regarded: ag highly” ‘Bate - as isfactory, although in: some. reg- production: ‘for.the year 1912, ‘be- fore the.receipt of the official re- and mining recorders.: ‘ahd: it is The accompanying table shows. ion Canada in the twenty-seven year “ _[Pstied: under notite,. able to’an. increased. ‘mineral: pro- pects the earlier expectations hot: ‘fully realized; for: din- of this provineé’'to the. end:-of rivers in the Fort Steele. division. =e have} it: vanild ‘in: ‘the Z Gmatacte stitution j is regurned. ‘ The ‘proposed conlatitutional a- mendment will “effect tha’ vice- presidency except - ‘to lengthen the term to six, _yeara, There would be.no prohibition . against a .| reelection of the President's run- ce] ning mate and there. ‘is, nothing eebesect: defeated by a ‘Bulgarian force - -.& period of twenty-seven ‘ years—- { ‘estimating that the ytéld of gold, 1912 ‘is, approx imately; $480,000; = 000, but: since’ the published offic- jal records of that of the whole Dorninion do not include produe- ‘comparison must be restricted to 1886-1912, . Placing ‘the: aggre- gane:for all ‘Canada. at. $1, 352, - 000, 000-(which. allows for 1912 a Dominion:: ‘total. of » $116, 000,000, an” amount. nearly : $13,000,000) greater. than that of 1911),. and British’ Columbia’ '$ Broportion for the same: period - at: $365, 000,000, it follows that this province ig to he cradited- with 27 per. cent’ of the: aggregate: value of the’ min- eral ‘production in’ the: whole ‘of -Itjis a: striking fact, as indicat: ing: the ‘Substantial: increage- ii the value ‘of. the- ‘tnineral: output of. the. provinee in recent’ yeata, as compared. with’ that. of leas than ‘twenty. years: ago,:: that neatly 36 per cent. of the. $36b,- 000; 000: mentioned. above as: the aggregate “of ‘production: for 1906-1912. fib placer and lode, has’ hbeeti tion prior to 1886, the: present |- twenty-seven’; "years is. to bé erad-| . |ited-to the last: five years, 1908— ae 1/1913, while nearly: one-half * “Was | :| produced ' during seven’ “years, | “os: [members have. decided” ‘that’ the Liberals continue obstructive tac-|: force a debate on the naval: bill, deteriniiied. to detent all attempts| : ‘of the minority, to throw the .af-|: confusion, ° Londen, Feb; q King George : | hopes fo attend. ‘the next meeting of « ‘East Kootenay, in “Nelson, Trout: Lake and: ‘Revelstoke . divi- ‘sions of West. Kootenay; i ‘in Lit}; ‘loet and ‘Clinton divisions and several Othera; Lode gold:—The increase in lode gold. appears to have: come chiefly from: the ‘boundary. dist- riet,” in whieh is ‘theluded -. -Os0- yoos, as well as Grand Forks and atid: Greenwood divisions, with. a production of about 17, 000: “ounce es more than in 1911, - Returns from Nelson division are. incom- plete, but an-increase of between ted. For some reason -not yet ascertained, thére'seems to-have} . been.a smaller output- from:" “the Rossland mines, with a resultant decrease i in: production of. gold; possibly final returns will ‘show. ‘differentiy,: but -from inforniation so far-received the estimate “has had to be made. ofa reduction. of | ‘several thousand ounces as. com- pared with 1911, . In. the Coast district, too, there seems to have been a decreased . production . of lode gold, attributable in part’ to a teniporary suspension of ship: » (Continued on Page Seven). Otiava, Feb, q: —Conservative|. ‘ties government atipporters - ‘will t even the extent of all night ses- sions of parliament, « They are fairs of the country into useless ¢ “1 ‘and:a sportsman. =< breach at a moment’s notice -and officiating at last Saturday’s game and assure him of our ut- most satisfaction in his decisions. 1,000 and 2,000' ‘ounces is estima-| - great masses of drift. ice” along the Skeena | ‘River hava carried away, ™many ‘wharves -from- the different canneries near. the mouth: ofthe stream. . At’ the|- Balmoral ‘cannery, whieh: is ‘lo- cated at the junction of the. Hoc- stall and Skeena rivers, ‘it is re- ‘ported that all of the wharf and part. of the. “cannery buildings were washed “away. The: situa-|8 tion of. the Ralnioral eannery. ig {such that.-it.-would. receive, the full benefit of all the ice. coming, down ‘both tivers,: - neries the; wharves have. been carried away. but the buildings have ‘escaped. . re : the ‘nequiaition ‘of the head. ‘wate eca ‘Herald: of today’ ‘3. daté, an. tions are brought against Mr, La- rocque’s reputation aso ‘Teferee On behalf of: the ‘New Hazel- ton