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- all points, ° oes

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PRICE 92,00 A YEAR .

“paints. to. Sueces
- for the. celebration here on May |
= Bh . Rapid ‘progress is: ‘being |
“made: by- the strotig ‘committees

from’. ‘Valley. points are” “under
“way. Failing. this, the: railway:
company. has ‘agreed. ‘to give. a,
‘rate. of a. fare. anid | a: third: ‘trom

di CG. K. Sealy, ‘Tis Mackay |.

Martin,.. the: finance.

* eammittée are. meeting. with.
"suceeds’ in raising. funds, <<

“Asiatic ‘War, Avert

“toute, May Si—It is. officially
" announced : that. war with: China
has ‘been, averted, aan

“NO FEDERAL ELECTION

OR SOME TIME

“no o Dominion: general election un-

til near ; the: end of the war. - “

Telegraphic: Briefs‘.
New: Orleans, -May. TA tor.
‘nado j in Missouri: and-windstorms:
‘throughout: the” southern ‘tates |*

‘Is. aving, the: uminig-
terial union, -which,:in- its politi-
* eal pamphlet, Accused hit

ye “endon;

— trawlers,

FF TEEN H HUNDRED PASSENGERS ARE

VIC TIMS. OF THE MONS TROUS CRIME

“hey 8: ~The big Cu.
nard. ‘liner. ‘Lusitania was torpe-
doed. ° * by. a “German: submarine
lyedterday - and “sank: with. 1500

=:|souls out’ of 2160 aboard. :

AG 2 Pp. m,,-" “when : the steamer,
approaching. the Irish coast, “was.
ten: ‘miles off -Old Head, ‘Kinsale;
_ she’ was ‘stiuck by wo torpedoes. .
"|| Wireless calls for assistance were:
at ones sent out, and all lifeboats
were: man ned, ‘The: officers acted
bravely” and made every: effort

‘| to secure’ ‘the ; ‘Safety ‘of: the pas-
sengers. Thirty. vessels of vari:

tous kinds: hurried to! the seene of:

the wreck, ‘but, Jes, ‘than’ 700 of
- | the ‘total ‘number. of persons

those. on board -were raved. :

‘|sengers;-”

Amitioans, “and a crew. Ob: ‘BIG. ‘

: torpedo ‘bogta, tugs® and. ‘armed :
3 except © the: ‘Heron,
2. which: went ‘out froma Queenstown |: f

£0: the. relief. of “the: Lusitania
have: returned: *

2 bodies, have been landed at Kins-

D p to} the steamer: Awould:remain’ afloat.

.-Hatimates of. ‘thelength of time

| whieh coo ‘before. the: Lusi-|

of. “whom 188: “were |"

These: vessels...
os i have | larided : 595) ‘Suévivors and|
io forty’ dead. t Fifty-two. more. sur
ow Tvivor - “are reported. aboard’ al
Ys steamer, while. ‘others and: five

{ITALY ENT ERS THE WAR}.

» Rome, May. 8:—ltaly has’ de-
vided to proclaim, the annexation |.
of- the Turkish islands i in the Ac
gean. Sea, ‘This i is equivalent to
declaring. wai J The, sinking of
the: Lusitania
unfavorable:

ression against
Germany.. : Spore

twenty. minutes.

jtawler, believed to be the Her-
on,. and two fishing trawlers are
bringing - in’ “100 more bodies,
bh Cunard- Line agent stated that

° _faboard: ‘the. ‘Lusitania was 2; 160,
The. captain: -and. first: and Bec:

ond: Officers: [WETe ‘saved. The

other. officers went: down,

risk, ~ Not. a single passage wad

cancelled, | Lob
“The: adrairalty debies the Ger-

man’ embassy’ 5 - -report’ that the
Tiisitania: “WAS armedy’ °:

“Reseuo - poate are laalving: at!
Queenstown’ with’ hundreds, of
‘bodies: *. Many: Ware killed “and!
rf) wounded by the explosion. . Fry

. Washington: “The: administra.
i-| tion is: awaiting definite. reports
ed|before . taking’ any ‘Steps 4 in “the

ie matter. ‘of the Lusitania...

“Copenhagen: Printing the news

on of thé. sinking of. the. ‘Lusitania

ail. type, the Berlin i news-

per: hail: ‘the "successful, to

pedoing: of: hie ateamer ‘ag anew,

triumph for: the: ‘German: naval

poliey.”, The. general impression

lin: Gormany. is that. “England
| got what she deserved, we

created a most.

=: thousand,
:| says. the number of -passengers
| who. died of. injuries while: being
taken. fa. ‘Queenstown will reach | .

Signals ‘Have
been” ‘received. ‘that an armed

Geman ‘embassy that at te tray:|
dled on “the: boat at’ their” own|-

"| of Beausejour,
pulsed by the gun-fire and bay-/: °j

“2: fall’ action.

“New: "York: — The board. of
trade reports. that Ttaly has de-
clared war, a

* London: ‘iiay rear Dibita
despatch. to the Exchange Tele-
graph. Company says the latest
report. indicates. that the loss of

‘life on. the Lusitania j is over one

» The- Central News

10 om = oe
New York, “May 8:—More than |.
200 Americans: are among” the

dead- in the: Lusitania disaster,
according toa London eable tol

‘the Tribune, whose correspond-
‘ent’ ‘placed the total loss of life at
: from. 8$00.to. 1400, the latter figure
= being ‘the estimate’ of. First Off)

at Friz, west - of ‘Petrone, a
one in Champagne,” around: ‘Fort
Both were re- |.

‘oneta of. the Allies. The bad
weather of this morning stopped
Daring the afternoon
of! yesterday there ° was an artil-

ery duel. of. ‘particular violence

fon: the Heights. of: the Meuse.

Paris 2A news - despateh. re-

ceived. from ‘Dunkirk says a bat-

tery ‘of. 15- inch German’ wane,
: which ‘hombarded::Dunkirk seve-|
ral: days. BLO; wai: ‘located by. ‘an: ”

aviator. Afterward, 2000 shells
were fired on ‘the -canemates
sheltering - the guns,.. which are|-

supposed, to have been destroyed.

THE’ GRE 7 WAR DAY BY DAY...

'Bllida; the American: “oil

ycauau ESCAPED CONVICT

* Dick Latie, an Indian, sentene- _

| ed on: Monday to four months’ «

2 imprisonment for larceny, ‘had:a °

brie? ‘taste “of freedom. * “On” :
Thursday ‘morning, ‘while en-"
gaged with. other -prigoners® in’
cleaning the government offices,
Latie disappéared, and succeeded
in retaining his liberty until yes-
terday ‘morning, when. he was
again arrested, . Chief Minty and
his constables’ after some sleuth-

[ing, becamie convinced that the... -

fugitive was hiding-in the: brush, :
but would take. refuge: in: the.
house of ‘another Indian at night, =
This proved-to -be the. case, and.
after a-night’s: ‘work the escapes:

was found at4’a, m. yesterday.” oe

The constables rushed the house,

and Latie was handcuffed-before

he could offer resistence,

}LOGAL AND DISTRICT
- NEWS: PARAGRAPHS *

‘Don't forget your free miner’ a
certifiente. :

W. Burrell, of Vancouver, Was: fe
here on Wednesday.

W. W. Bell, . of Victoria, was
among the week’s arrivals. 3

aD. McIntosh, OF: Lorne Creek, «

came uP. on Wednesday’ a train, ;

‘County court. will. be held in.

"| Hiaveitos on. Thuredey,, Mey 2, wo

at 10; 80 | a.m,
[op Ma ‘O'Brien: and J. . a Bush,

of: “Skeena -Crozslnig,

were in we
‘Hazelton on: Monday."

inge
the lake district, was in’ ‘town i
Sunday, en route to Burns: Lake.’

- Amos Godfrey, the coal. oper: wor

ator, returned on, Tuesday * from.
a. trip- ta the Groundhog cools.
fields. - ot!

‘A. W: "Johnston, of. Johnaton,
Bros. _the. Vancouver ' whole-
salers, was in Hazelton on n Wede ;

on'for: appendicitis, is making a. -
rapid - ‘recovery... = “He. left the”

Hospital. last evening,

aL WwW. Patewon ‘the Vander

Q
= | hoot merchant, ‘is in. Hazelton,:.
; | having, accompanied Mrs. Pater-
‘J son,’ who was ‘brought: down to”

| Soe: Hospital for. Medical treat.

Gulf: Light, the French: ateamor “me

| Europe, the British steamer Ful- |.

gent, and.two Aberdeen trawlers}.

marines:. ~The” captain and: ‘say-

Le- eral of. the. crew: ‘of the ‘Ameticin

‘ |have been sunk by. German: “sub: |e