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_HAZELTON, NB G, SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1914

- PRICE $2.00 A YEAR ff

i REPORTS
CONFIRMED! ::

Prospects: Bright For Season
At Manson Creek--Miners
.Bring Out Coarse Gold -

Reports of favorable. develop:

. Mnents in the Manson Creek dis-
"trict are confirmed by Ed Kohse
and Arthur: and “William Lever.

’ ett, who returned from the sold-
field last evening. =. With Walter

_ Aitken and George Hauck, they
hold leases: at, the old town of
Manson, and their prospecting]:
‘operations this Season have re-

- Bulted. very favorably, » They
brought out some coarse gold
from the tim, and state that
there appears to be plenty of
pay dirt. Itis necessary, how-
ever, to get water at a higher
point, necessitating the construc-
tion of 2% .miles- of. ditch and
flume. _ Aitken and Hauck re-|

main on the ground to drift to

bedrock, Future plans will de-
pend upon the ‘result of their
"work, ”
~- The Kildare company is report
ed to be doing well on Slate creel,
The late arrivala from thé. camp
‘atate that Manager Otterach ‘got
a $32.50 nugget the day they left.
., F.7, Child. has: good: pay :on
; his ground below Skeleton Gulch,
__Theye has been: a'-shortage of
food supplies and tobacco in the
- district, but: packtrains have ar:
— yived. with supplies, and there
will. be no further j inconvenience.

_ BREACH: OF FAITH. ©. -
- CHARGED TO LIBERALS

| Ottawa, June 15:-- There is
’ great indignation in government
circles over the action’ of. the
Liberal majority in the Senate in
. 80 amending the. address. to’ the];

‘Imperial parliament asking tor}.

amendments to the B. N. A. Act
~ to increase. Western senatorial
’ representation that it-could not
.. be accepted by the cabinet. It
is directly charged that there has
heen a distinet breach of faith,
_ and. that the Liberals have vio-
_ lated a definite agreement made
-hetween the two parties.’ It is
said that agreements were made
between the leaders that the bills

#O, > providing. for increased Fepresen=|'

“tation of the four Western pro-
vinces.in the Senate should be a-

mendments to: the B, N. A. Act
SO a8 to provide for such i increas-
ea representation. x This agree-
"ment was carried out by the gov-
-ernment: with serupulous fidelity.

_ The Conservatives allege: that

a -moré deliberate and cynical

\ bréaeh of faith has seldom: been
a itu aged. in Canadian public life,

Voted For. Union
‘Woodstock, ‘Ont.,
Presbyterian General ‘Assembly, |.

fe af after ‘an-ahimated. debate. voted
“| church union,

passing ~ the
original motion favoring tihion’|

influence was thrown against the,

June 16: ;

by.286 bo 109." It ta thought that/,
—_ the Rev. Dr, Grant, general SUp-| 5,
. erintendent of. migajong, whoge *

Serica Injured In -
Ranaway Accident

th. a runaway. aceident tasi |
night David Miller, who drives a
stage between. “Hazelton: ‘and | -
New ‘Hazelton, was seriously—
perhaps fatally—injured. * About:
midnight Miller was ‘returning
from Hazelton’ jgivhen his, team
ran ‘ away” “én” ‘Two-mile hill,
throwing him out of ‘the: stage.
‘His chest “was: badly: ‘crushed,
several ribs being broken. Dr.
McAuley rendered first ‘aid, and
the’ vietiii'’ was removed to the
Hospital. .The extent of his in-
juries is not yet known, but there
appears to be little hope. of his
recovery.

Pre-emptions for Many
McBride, June 15:—The rush|
for the pre-emptions thrown
open by the provincial. govern-
ment -on the south fork of the
Fraser River, in this -vieinity, is
on in earnest, ;

* Bighity-one appliéants~ “were

lined up before the government

office here on the day of the first
drawing, awaiting their turn,

TWOMORE LINERS COLLIDE

New York, June 14:— ‘The
American liner New York,> with| -
650, passengers, was rammed yes-
terday by the Hamburg-Amerl-
can: liner: “Pretoria, whilethe New|:
York was motionless, in.p: heavy | _

Lightship. - . The: Pretoria, bound
east, ‘ran into: her’ and tipped a
hole twelve feet high and thirty-
{two feet long in ber port side.

|The | hole i is lush with the main

deck ‘andis. fifteen feet above the
water line, . So great was the
force of the collision | “that the
Pretoria’s anchor was torn from
her bow and° left hanging in-
side the gap that had been torn)
in: the New. York,

, Prsetically’. ‘all of the. passen-
‘(gers om board both ‘ships were
asleep. “Immediately after the
collision the engines of both ships
were ordered full speed astern,
and passengers came hurrying
to the decks, The passengers of
the New. York were able to reach

Pretoria as she pulled away from
her dangerous position. _ There
was n0 panic. .

occupied ‘the quarters: abaft. of
the ship which was crushed in
was on duty in the atokehold.
Had the collision occurred while -
this wateh waa. off duty, a num-
ber of lives would probably have
been lost, “Phe. ‘Pretoria was less
damaged » by” the. ‘collision | than |:
the New: ‘Yorks oy ON.

The New York docicad b here to-
night. . te :

‘Trains Rua to Priestley

~ Tuesday’ strain went through
to "Priestly, - Mile 387,’ track |.
troubles having been overeoing |
up to that point... It ia expected
that @ regular service to, Endako

he line between Sinithers

fog; 400 miles east of Ambrose .

over and touch the how of the:

Fortunately. ‘the wate ¢ which|

‘here for a couple of weeks,

‘oncape | at. the’ Brian ey “OH

Local and. District News Notes.

Working Bond on

WR i. Allen ig spendifg a few

days | in n Rupert, i ey .

Rupert this week,

R.. 0.. Miller spent Sunday and
Monday i in Hazelton.‘

. Michae¥Lauzon, of Kitwangsk, |
came up on Saturday.” :
RJ, MeDonell sperit. a few.

days ‘at his. ranch’ this week.

" Robert Marion, of : Chicken
Lake, is a visitor in. Hazelton.’

Frank Johnson, the packer, is
spending the week i in: ‘Hazelton,
Henry, ‘Bretzins took i. supplies
to his Babine claims on, “Tue aday,
A. H, Maclsaae, of Kitwahgak,
was in Hazelton for the, week-
end,

came in on Tuesday fora business
visit. . .
C. Maldoon - and EB. Andy, of
Smithers, came down on Sunday’ 8.
train. ;
‘Shel, Robinson has gore 8 to his
Francois lake ranch for a few
weeka,
_A. E, Luni, of Prinea ‘Rupert,
was among Saturday’ satrivals in
Hazelton, oe
HG, Smith, of Smith & ie
gleston, is , down from: Bmatthers
a weelt, ;
Wallace, of. Tolkway ‘aft
on. “ganda for a business. trip to
Vancouver:
HB. ‘Macdonald, the Babine
mining man, arrived from the
lake on Tuesday:
' Théo, Salonio, the blacksmith,
is having a new shop built in the
west énd of town.
“J. L. Christie, of. Broughton &
McNeil, left’ on Sunday for a
visit: to the coast,
- Frank Martin has gone to Hud-
gon: Bay mountain, to do some
work on, his silver property.
Ed.. Dalton, who has been in
theMangson district for some
weeks, came in on Tuesday.

ad G. ‘K. Sealy and W.-H,

to the Sealy ranch hear Smithers.
Ww. J, Carr, district road super-|:
intendent, returned on- Wednes-
day from a visit to the Bulkley
Valley. .

in. attendance at the Masonic |:
grand . lodge. meeting in’ Prinee|’

Rapert, ..

‘The ‘first through freight from.
the east arrived:on Tuesday.
brought machinery. for Prinee
Rupert, a

“Dri ‘Badgers, : the dentist, . is
He
has opened an office opposite the

. dragstére. ne #

“Rev. J. BR, Hewitt spent sever.
al days in the Kispiox Valley this
week,” gainliig an acquaintance |.
with the settlérs, i |

“B.R. Jones, t the Skeena Grose:
ig merehaht, and Jas. A, Riley,

‘Paddy ‘Creagh, had ‘a narrow

J. F. Woods, of Vaneonver, |

Burken leave today for a visit|.

Government Agent Hosking i is}

It)

.| edltot of lie Chalcopyrite, were
trina aye” “Betating ‘all in

ing,

| Wrinch:

range this season.
AL
operator,

spend the summer here. -

copper ore on their group of
claims near South Bulkley.
‘Negotiations are in progress
for the freighting ‘of fifty tons
of high grade silver, ore from the
Hunter property to the railway,

week,’ It was his first visit, and
he was much pleased with the
town,

Rey. | John Field and Mrs.
Field, who have. spent the. last
year in,.England, will return to
Hazelton in the course of a week
or ten days, _

J.T. Place, . Socialist member
of the legislature for Nanaimo, |
delivered an address, on Socialism
tonsmall audience in Assembly.
Hall on Saturday, —

Gilbert Velge and Leslie Acrea
arrived last evening. from the
Fraricois lake country, with their
packtrain, . They intend to spend
the season packing out from Has
zelton..

| Ano Ottawa wire says BE, A,
Price, the efficient and popular
mail clerkon the Prince Rupert-
_{ Smithers: division, has passed
the qualifying .examination for
the. outside division of the civil:
service,

Rev. W. 5. Larter, who has
been in charge of ‘St. Peter's
Church during. the absence of
-|Rev. John Field, will leave for
Prince Rupert on Tuesday next,
He will conduct his last service
tomorrow eyening.

_ Methodist Church -
Beginning tomorrow evening,
regular. Methodist” church ser-
vices will be held in the building
formerly, occupied by the Union
Bank. Rev, J. R. Hewitt, who
_| recently. arrived | to take charge,
will conduct the opening servic e
at: Ke :30 tomorrow evening.

ACT IVE VOLCANO
.. -. . IN CALIFORNIA

Redding, Cal.; Juine15:—Rocks
and volcanic ashes. smoke, fire, |:
‘and deadly gages are believed to
come not only ‘from the crater of
Mott Lassen but from two new
craters that burst ‘shortly before
dark. More than a mile of r new
craters makes the - néweat and
‘most active voleanoin the ‘world,
“The volcano claimed ‘ad a vic-
tim L. Graham, who climbed up|.
to ‘view it, He was struck by a
Fock. from the mouth, :

ib “For Women Preachers «
: Winnipes, June 16;—The Meth-.
odlat!eonference recommended to
‘the: “general” confétence the ad|-

inflicting minor injuries,
-| whieh were attended to by Dr.

James Cronin’ is expected to
resume development on his big
galena property in’ the . Babine

Halligan, the motor “ear

arrived from Prince.
Rupert on Saturday, «and will

Robert Watson, the Smithers! -
contractor, was here early in the | -

‘cussed, but on none was there

mitted by Rafael Lubaran, his

accomplished only one step in

provisional government,

: st a formally ‘advised , General Caran}
i. [ea that they would not admit his
representatives to the eonferencé| fo

It is: announced today that W.
F, Brewer, of Hazelton, has
taken a bond on the Silver Pick,
a promising galena property on
Nine-mila mountain. The claim,
which is located a mile and a
half from the Silver Cup, is to
be developed this season. ‘The
owners are Ben Peterson and
Sperry Cline.

Tremendous Storm in Paris

storm of phenomenal violence
raged over Paris for three hours
causing great loss of life and
enormous damage to property,
Rain flooded the streets and
caused the bursting of sewers,

quarter a city street caved in,
engulfing several pedestrians,
The number of the victims is un-
known owing to the danger of
approaching the immense pits
resulting from the collapse of
sidewalks and roadways.

FOR HUERTA’S SUCCESSOR

Niagara Falls, Ont., June 18:—
The crux of the Mexican prob-
lem—the gelection of a man for
president acceptable to all fac-
tions in Mexico and foreign gov-
ernments generally—was reached
teday in a conference between
the mediators and the American
and Mexican delegates,

For more than an hour names
of various individuals were dis-}

a semblance of ugreement, - *To-
morrow there. will be . another
conference on the same subject,

General Carranza’s note trans-

representative in Washington,
arrived today, advising the me-
diators that Constitutionalist de-
legates were on their way to the
mediation conferences with ‘full
instructions, :

‘At present the mediators have

their journey toward the pacifi-
eation of Mexico. This was the
adoption yesterday of the first
protocol dealing with the trans.
fer of authority from the hands
of the present regime to a new

. The second protocol, defining
the composition of the new gov-
ernment, its form and personnel,
was discussed - today by the
American and Mexican delegates|
in an informal talk with the me-
diators,.

Discussion has eoritinned about
the type of man for the pravision-
al presidency. It practiéallly has
been resolyed to abandon general-
ities about typed and séarch for
the man whom all would - aetept,

"Niagara Falls, ‘Jone 16: —The
three ‘South American mediators

‘until: an armistice was ‘declared.
The: internal as well as: ihe. ine

a at f-mbdiatio

_Nine-Mile Property

' The price has not
; . [been made public.
Wilson Bros. are reported to ;

| have uncovered a big showing of
Paris, June, 16:—A thunder-

In the central and fashionable |

: { according to the method. inven

ternational phases of the Mexttan 1
problem! is hécepted in.the. scope 4

REPEAL TOLL

President Wilson Signs Bill

- Washington, June 15:—Only
President Wilson's signature is
necessary to repeal the clause of
the Panama Canal Act exempting
coastwise shipping from tolls, _
- The long and bitter fight in
Congress ended when the Honse,
after brief debates and without
the formality of a conference,
accepted by a vote of 215 to 71

cally reserving all rights the

.|United States may have under
the Hay-Pauncefote treaty or

otherwise.

- The President is expected to
sign the measure Monday. It
was just a little more than three
months ago that he addressed

session, urgently asking for re-
peal of the exeniption. clause that

obligations.
Before ending the. contest by
concurring in the Senate amend-

174-to 108, a proposal. advanced

Virginia to attach to the repeal a
flat ‘declaration of the right of
the United States to exempt its
vessels: from tolls and of the sov-
ereignty of the United States
over the canal zone, .

dent Wilson’ has ‘signed the bill

emptions.

AUGUST JOHNSON
ACQUITTED BY JURY

As aresult of a dispute near
Decker Lake some weeks ago,
August Johnson was tried at

ona charge of attempted miir-
der. Following a quarrel be-
tween Johnson and John and
Alfred Wright, the latter two
went to Johnson’s ‘cabin to de-
mand goods which they claimed

the defendant fired a rifle through
the wall, wounding Alfred Wright.

not guilty, and the prisoner was
discharged.

. Wireless Prospecting
Gottingen, Germany, June 9:—

posits, :. It states that it also-has
ascertained their. depth: by: the
use of electri¢al. waves plied:

ed. ty Prof, Leimbach of this
city. “
- Prof. f. Leimbeet 0 on, March

EXEMPTIONS §

To Eliminate Obnoxious E
Clauseof PanamaCanalAct |

the Senate amendment, specifi-

the House and Senate in joint
the nation might ‘keep Its treaty 4

ment, the House voted down, * i

by Representative Moss of West. .

‘Washington, June 16:—Presi- ~. ji

repealing Panama Canal toll ex- —

Prince Rupertassizes on Monday, : - .

belonged to them, ‘They threat- -
fened to break in the door, and

The jury brought ina verdict of © *

The society for-investigating the ~
tinternal structure of the’ earth |
yesterday declared it had dis-
covered by wireleas telegraphy ":
subterranean springs and ore de-