a ‘and a verdict’ of. fulelde, was. re-
7 ; "tinned by the j jury. ;- e ae

. f ‘VOL. V, NO. 9) ;

‘SPALDING STOPS WORK

“ofl Highland’ Boy Operations. Sus-

+ COPPOCK. BUILDING.

_ had to-content ‘themeelves with

_.»: The building’ was used as sample
' roome,. and T. R. MeKenzie;. of

7 ' ber Co., was in occupation.
_ doit ‘all his samples, J tone

* Inte’: ‘the death: of,

| . Proved that: decatsdd: died: from |’

wil tome before, the’ supreme

= Cunneham,’ F. W.. Heading ‘and |
WS, ‘Sargent, One application,
— by a Bulgarian, was. refused, and.

HAZELTON, B.C, SARRAY, MARCH 25, 1916 _

PRICE $2.00 A YEAR

pended Pending Bond |
Litigation

. Work on the, Highland Boy
-. group has been suspended, as ‘the |
“result of court proceeding insti-|-
‘tuted by the Butte & Rocher-de|

' Boule Co,, owners of the prop-
erty. After hearing arguments
.of counsel Judge Young on Wed-
' nesday granted a temporary in-
’ junction, _vestraining E. P, Spal
ding and associates from prose-

. euting work under their bond,
, pending trial ‘of the suit, which

: court in June. - The plaintiffs
“will be allowed to: ‘do assessment |
work: ‘on the: property. The share
‘certificates involved will remain
the. bank in’ escrow. until the
“Case is decided, cu

In the County Court»

4 ‘Naturalization ¥ Was, ‘granted ‘to
Otto. ‘B,. Otteratiom, - William

ee ‘|'The.-steamer was of the: same.
7 There: was ‘only | one’ case for

“trial in the county eourt-held by
*' Judge Young on Thursday. Smith
& Eggleston,’ the plaintiffs, were
+ given judgment. against Edward
: Frantzen j for $41, 18. and. costs,

| newed Activity i in the North ‘Sea,

London: The German raider |-
Greif has bean subk, the British
capturing five officers and 115
men. Of the warship’s erew 180
wére drowned. The British arm.
ed merchantman Alcantara, which
destroyed the raider by her gun-
‘fire, was herself torpedoed... Her
loss \ was 74, ne
The admiralty announces that
the Greif was sunk’on Feb. ‘20,
the news being withheld until the
Germans: discovered the vaider
had failed to pass the patrols.

type as the Moewe, being dis-
guised as amerehuntman, with
Norwegian flags painted on both
sides, aN |
Enemy submarines display. Te:

The Brighton- Boulogne steamer

English. Channel, with the loss of
many lives, ineluding - several

“RADER'S CARI

DISG UISED WARSHIP § UNK BY PA TROL SHIP.

“| routed in: bayonéy. fighting. ©

the Verdur-repidtisatter-a: day of.
heavy ° bombardment: from the 'for the disarmament of inarchant|.

north, east and south,
Sussex - “Was ‘torpedoed | in the]. -

the. Weevre region,

ARMIES OF. GEAR BE GIN GREAT DRI VE

- London:
inaugurated | a: strong offensive at
Dvinsk, where: they are. supplied
with thousands. ‘6f new gons, ;

The Russians’ drive j in the Lake
Naroez district’ carried them
through thtee.‘lines ef German
the.

trenches, ermans being
‘An important,! ‘ vietory * ‘on ‘the
Galician ‘front. de reported, . ‘the
Austrians being’ driven. from po-
sitions they “he held for -aix
months,

” Berlin admits’ the importance
of the Russian: drive,” which has
forced the sending of Geiiman’
reserves to the front,“ ‘

Paris: The night was quiet i in

B Clr SHORT

, Roumania has consented - to join

* -'lopen thetr offensive.

the Allies as soon as the Anglo-
French forces in the Balkans
“She has
secured a lar. fe supply of arms
and munitions from Japan, via
Vladivostok. .

Amaterdam :. Germany has
issued, a decree that. Belgians: Te-
siding i in Germany must serve in
the Ger man army. ~Many ‘Bel-
gians have been forcibly removed |,
to Germany.

The fourth war loan
issued by Germany has proved a
failure, ;

Geneva:

Washington. : The Entente
| Allies, replying. individually to
Secretary “Lansing! "8: “suggestion:

Artillery duels are reported |

ships, have.in effect deelined the
proposal. a

de: Boule.”

LOCAL NEWS PARAGRAPHS

Items Of General Interest From
Hazelton and Surround.
so ing Dist District

~ Dr Weinch ‘visited Smithers on nS
Monday.

J. B, Hawkins, of Edmonton,
is a visitor here. :

* P. MeMartin, of Vancouver, -
arrived on. Thursday.

‘A number of Hazelton people.
are suffering from grippe.

C. G. Jonas, of Edmonton, was
among Tuesday’ 8 arrivals, -

A. E, Player returned on Mon-_
day from a visit to Victoria. =

Prince Rupert on: Thursday. ::.

Forester-Allen. is visiting Skee-
a river ‘points’ on official Busi- . |
Me =.
Chief Constable Minty returned. .
on. Tuesday from a “sit to Bn- :
dako, ,

Ww: W. Bell, the district. engineer, : ,
has gone to the coast for. a few ‘
days, -

‘G A ‘Woodlaad, of. Prince

"Rupert, was here diring the

week, ;
_ Rev. Ww. ML. Seott returned o

"Hazelton Diamatie ocdéiy' was

entéftained by the: Hospital state _ 7
” Haat evening, te

Norfolk; ‘Va. ‘There is the,

‘W.J. ‘Sanders spent & day * ‘or .

- Judge ‘Young arrived: from. a

. one wag adjourned..

. BURNT TO GROUND

DA two-story building. belonging]
- to the Coppock* estate, standing
. opposite the Hazelton, Hotel, wag
: ‘burried down on ‘Tuesday morn-
ing. . The . fire, ‘which’ evidently

; atarted: from a defective flue; _
+ gained such’ ‘tapid headway that|-
- the wooden Structure. was & mass
a of- flames before the fire: ‘brigade

; could bring the: chemical, apppar-
: atus into play, .and the firemen

: preventing the spread of the fire,

.the Canadian Consolidated Rub-
He

. | By Her Own Hand :

At Gitwangak on Saturday,
2 Coroner: ‘Hosking held an inquest
Mrs. Grace

Davies; | The: “evidence. clearly |

a ravalver. -Bhot fited by ‘herself,

Americatis, ° “» The vessel -
towed to Boulogne.

The Dominion liner English.
man, ‘carrying horses, was tor-

The only advance effected by
mF the enemy was in “Argonne, where
the French later drove the Ger-
‘}mans from the first line trenches,
taking many, prisoners.

possibility that the British cruis-
er Cumberland has met disaster
off the Atlantic: coast. Several
| logbsoks marked H.M.S.Cumber-

erty wis" | progressing: favorably.

crogacut ‘tunnel, which” is ‘now
in fitty- feet, | ‘It. ia expected that
the vein'< “will be. encountered
within another eighty feet, giving
a depth of 160 feet, _ As soon a8
conditions will allow,, additional

| Manager: Cameron of the . Chi:
cago group stated. yesterday that
development work: on the prop-

‘lwo shifts are working on the|’

pedoed.- Four. Americans are “and have been: ‘picked upon the

missing, New. Yorks Iti is learned that North Carolina shore, |

CHICAGO GROUP TO | .. WarNotes [USEFUL HANDBOOK:
WORK THREE SHIFTS) London::.-The’Humburg-Am-| ON MINING PROMISED

érica Hners Prince Adalbert and
Ktonprincessin’ Cecilie, seized at
Falmouth at the outbreak of war,
have , been. ‘condemned by 3 a prize
court.
Rotterdam: The ‘aerial ‘and
‘naval base at Zeebrugge is now
of little value to. the’ Germans,
The combined naval and -derial
bombardment on Monday reduced
the fortifications.and: ‘worka to a
chaos of crumbling ruins; .

"London: : The theory is now ad

.,| Possession of the goverment . on

publish. i in pamphlet form.:..
_ It.is ‘proposed to show thie lo-|
cation: of ininerals of all descrip-
tions found‘ ‘in British Columbia,
and maps ‘will be printed to indi-
ate old ‘and new . - workings,

’ Victoria, Mar, 20:—The mining
committee of the legislature pro-
poses to collate all data now in

mining areas, in the province, and

os miners will be engaged,
.| three: shifts’ will be . ‘employed.

and

Mr,” “Cameron | expecta to: make}

vanced that the Dutch | steamers
Tubantia and Palembang were
sunk. by torpedoes from’ ‘a Ger-

Everything possible will ‘be done]:
to make the publication as infor-|.
mal sas: possible, -. sin ‘order that

two in’ thé Bulkley Valley. re- -
turning on Thursday, ... cee

Angus’ ‘McLean, of Smithers, oo
is the proud father of a boy, born _
at the Hospital on March. 16.

A -erosseut saw. and pole axe, ;
borrowed’ from the road office,
during the fire on Tuesday, shave: .
not been returned. .

H. G. Smith and Jas. pA. Mac-
donald, well-known business 1 men :
of Smithers, came in on yester-
‘day’ 3 train, to attend court. :

. Bridge Foreman Robert Haney,

with a small forée of: men, ‘is ~

éngaged in making necessary ree
pairs ta-. government: bridges in
this. district.

“Indians report that-Ah Hoa an . a
old Chinaman -who..had- been: *'
mining in the Omineca River dis- “

dead at Manson Creek, ©,

A handsome residence haa been.

built “at the Rocher de Boule.
camp for Superintendent: Wil:

trict for nearly halfa century, i is:

renewed interest may, be 2 directed

__ {mid, employed ‘by. W. P.Johneon
"la Fancher located’ 11. miles’. ¢
» lof Telkwa, committed suicide

this ehange soon after the rat
of the, month.

Suicide’ ‘New Telkwa of
* Coronet Hoskins has been’ ng-
tified thata man-named MeDiar: |"

town,” has been: sunk.

it under? ‘which “U,'8.-and: Moxitan

| palgn: againat Villa, General Fun- |.

man destroyer. Germany's de- to mining.
nial only relates. to. submarines,
‘| The Norwegian. bark Linfold, Card of Thana”

from Portland, .Ore., to’ Queens-
~ Thirty of
the crew were. gayed.
Washingtou: The: cabinet to:
day decided:to aceépt the protocol | ;

‘forces ‘will cooperate in the cam-|

‘ston © has’ called” for ‘additional
troops to complete. his. ling ;, of
mmunication, which is ove 100 | al
milléa long. Thera: fan we

next: week by. the town’ fire, eat |
dena, mete ig

‘The net

- Another inspeetion.w | beiadal

“On behalf - of ‘the ‘Patriotie|
Fund committee, ‘Treasurer Has-
kins: desires to thank: ‘Mys.: ‘Reid
and | other ° ‘participants . -In -the
recent. suecesaful ‘entertainment
in aid, of the’ Panda.’
Broceeda'w. ‘were $85

Canadian |, monthly- which vhags
deservedly galned a 9 wide:
“|tation., roy

work “On” the’: Belway-McLaten a
group of gold’ claims on. Kitéum..”
kalemn lake will begin“ ine
con: | Lord: Rhonndd
Bo AL Thomas,’ the coal’ maagnat
haa bonded ‘the

liams and his bride,’ who ‘are ” ite
spending. tl their ‘honeghaogn t in, the vo
south. —
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