‘the vicinity ‘of Saloniki. VOL, II,, NO. 38 HAZELTON,, B.C. o SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1913 PRICE $2.00 A YEAR | Haas AND > GREEKS HIGHT, Former Allies Now at War ‘Over Disputed Territory ‘In Balkan District - TWO SERIOUS BATTLES Alleged Violation ‘by Bulgarians of Re- ‘cently - Defined Neutral Zone Pro- ‘vohes ‘Hostilities at Saloniki - -No -Advantage Gained “by. Either Side London, May 23:—Diasension between ‘the Balkan allies has culminated : in open. hostilities, The Bulgarians’and Greeks are at war, and are now engaged in their second serious conflict, in * The first engagement, fought on both sides with great fury, lasted a - whole day.’ Losses on both sides were heavy, there being appar- ently no ‘advantage gained by either of the combatants. - The.casus belli, a3. stated by _the Greeks, was the alleged’ vio-| . lation, by the Bulgarians, of the _ recently established neutral zone. The Indian Commission Victoria, May 23:—The Indian ‘cominission has completed its organization and is ready to be- gin its work. - C. H. Gibbons is to share. the secretarial work with Bergeron, On Monday the commissioners will visit Cowichan regerve, going to Nanaimo on Wednesday and afterwards visit- ing Comox. Further than this the itinerary has not been arranged. ; Ottawa, May 20: :—R. F. Green, M. P,, has made the following statement: woe “The Indian Commission ig already’ at work, and has a huge. task before it, there being no less than about eleven hundred re-|. serves ih the province, all! of which will have to be visited ‘in order to ascertain whieh should be withdrawn from. the Indians |: and thrown open to the public. The expectation i is that a large proportion’ of. the reserves will bé released; and ag, it is well known. that these occupy the best. loca- . tions in the vicinity of the chief centers of white settlement, and that nearly every reserve con-|. sists of the finest agricultural ; land i in that vicinity, “it will bel” ‘pean ‘that a large area‘of land cowl be ‘made. productive as the + result of the. miko mittee.” ace k of the com- Mos Sate Here JL. King, “B.C. LS. -is_in _* charge of a party inelyding LS. Main, C. A. Stewart,.§.. 7 Mit- chell, W. 8. Ellis, T. He N. Whit. ing and £d. Ferrara, which ar-| " yived' on Wednesday to under. |: ‘take ‘extensive surveys ‘near ' Hazelton for Harold Price, C. E., ” who is expected to arrive shortly. with dnother party. Mr. Priée . wilk have. three: ‘parties iri the field this’ Beason. | MeMillan’ 8 -: party, which. hag, beeq-:here’ all coe lee and 0 Wing, wili doon atriva winter,. being algo : engaged. in local aurveys. oo - Mr. King atates that two. giv. , ernrient survey parties for work in helped under’ T. AL Tay: ‘boties were. foanil & mile ‘and. a | Federal Estimates’: Reach High Figurel| Ottarta, May 22:—For the first time in the history: of” ‘Canada, the estimated expenditure passes | the -two smillion ° dollar’ mark, The total supplementary eati- mates for the eurrent fiscal year are $23,500, 000. ©. With-the- main| - estimates of $179,000,000 this makes a total anticipated expend- iture,of $202, 600,000, apart from thé tailway subsidies, which’ are yet to be brought down,, — For government elevators in| the west the sum.of four mil- lions will be expended, . Appro-! priations for Vancouver total $300, 000. ' There are three items for Prince Rupert: a drill ‘hall. to’ cost $85,000; a revoté of $24,000 for the quarantine station,.and| $100, 000 for a public: building. New Hazelton is to have ‘a pub- lic building ‘to cost $7,000, CHICKEN LAKE HAS. ~ BIG FIRE ON MONDAY ‘The most serious fire in thé ‘history of the Bulkley Valley oc- curred on Monday afternoon, when the Chicken Lake establish- ment . of Broughton & MeNeil was butned. .The flames started | ’ in the hotel kitchen, in some un- known manner, . and: “sptead through.the ‘hotel and: ‘Store. With such. rapidity that the employees ; had barely tinie to save the books a cash register, Gus Timmer- ister, the manager, vas in Smithers at the- time. - Fearing | ° that forest fires might reach the uildings,. he had employed sev- eral men for some weeks in clear- ing the timber around the place, Starting in the ‘interior of the log building, | the fire . burned go fiercely thay fi even though the clearing crew was at hand nothing could he done™ to check the flames. - In'the destifuetion of the hotel, store and warehouse, with their contents, the loss was over $18,000. The ‘bunkhouse » was saved, Insurance: will ‘ cover. about half the loss. © The safe, when opened, was found to have kept. its. contents, : including a considerable sum. in bills,: . “in | good condition. With character- istic energy the firm iminediately | : man le arrangements ° to resume business at’ the’ same stand as s00n.as ‘supplies could be brought in from the ‘main. establishment at Aldermere.’ When The Miner represdntative : left Mr. Timmermeistey was pre- paring to do a little placer | work in search of a ‘large diamond which he had left in his room. | Many Miners Dead "Belle. Valley, Ohio, May 19:—- The bodies ‘of fifteen. men have been recovered from the Imperial | mine, “where r) plosions early Saturday. night. resulted in the death.of fourteen miners and one rescuer, Ai rescue party descend- ed yesterday. ‘and- brought the dead to the Burface, The fonrteen ‘minera are said to have. been. “killed” ‘almést i iti- atantly.- by: ‘the exploiton: - ‘The quarter. ‘from - ‘the. mouth ofthe, residence. play of! brize-winning produets “Local anid District News Notes Free Miners’ certifieates expire: May Slat, ; J. F. Adams returned, to Jeep kwa on Monday. car in commission again. trip. . TL Cart, ° Of thd. ‘Williams- Carr. Co., came in from Smithers on- Thursday; ' Father, Godfrey returned on Thursday from a visit-to Telkwa|; and Smithers. ‘J, Gc. K. Sealy. ‘veturned . on Sunday frém a visit to his Bulk- ley Valley: ranch. _Bunean Rogs went. down river on Thursday’ s train, to attend the Liberal convention. on, Monday, leaving Bill Sweeney’: in charge of the water wagon. A crew of men is engaged in driving a drainage tunnel at the steel bridge at South Hazelton, _ Alex. S, and Andy Millar left on’ Thursday for their mining, mountain. for Toronto, to attend the gen-7" eral assembly of the: Presbyter-| Walter Noel ‘left ‘the hospital Tuesday, ” ‘completely recovered from his somewhat serious s attack of pneumonia. J. W. -Davis, J. T. Jennings and J. M, MeDonell left for the]; coast on Thursday, on their way to Fraser Lake. Work on the foundations for Sealy’ s hate! ab South Hazelton has begun. The building, will} soon be ready for occupancy. — Mrs. Stickney and Mrs. Willson |; have.opened’a cleaning, pressing. and dressmaking establishment on the corner opposite the drug- store, ; The smaller warchouse, of the Hudson’s Bay-Co. ,at South Ha-|, zelton, -has been moved “to the| . ‘west ‘side of the railway tract, and now ‘adjoins the larger ware- houge, Manager. Fulton, of the Up-to- date drugstore,.-ia fitting up a handsome soda water fountain, and ice cream.during the summer. we The family. of. ‘Government Agent Hoskins will artive, from Nelson next week, to take up their. residence here. _ Me. Hos- kins has leased thé Holland “the Bulkley Valley. ‘Fair will be hel ‘at Telkwa on September. ‘12 ard'18, a week, before the Prince Rupert, exhibition, allow. ing the Institute to preparea diss for the coat fair,“ . Barly j in. the eek it. was cur- rently’ re] d ‘that a large party, inetiding peveral Bulkley whilégoing: ‘down the “Nechac on a raft, . On. telewraphic 6h- quiry, ” “The Miner Is unable to aia was in Hazeltomduring the week, Gordon Wilson has his Flanders ; oo. is registered at the Ingineca. W. J. Larkworthy has gone ‘to * to the coast, on a brief vacation. ‘trip to Vancouver, ° {acdepted. by Rev. Mr. Field. Ernest Hill ‘went to Aldermere |. ‘| business at the Crossing. properties on Hudson: ‘Bay|.. cH. E. Little ltt on Thursday ‘pital i ina avery. serious condition. ian. church, | Dba eg af north drift on the 185-foot level ‘winzein the last few’ days makes much pleased with developments. and will serve cooling beverages| eral crews doing “good . work on the ‘main wagor/ road to the]: south, and will soon have the ravages of the heavy spring hie the largest crew, under ‘ile 52, working north from ‘Aldermers. ” Bert Schooling has 25 perworking between Talkwa Valley men," had . been Neches | Alex... Agcertai. that thin i ia any foun A. “George M. Inlay, of Portland, is a visitor at Harris Bros, “Wm. ‘Stronach, ‘of Cedarvale, Gus, LaBelle, of Burns Lake, W. He Morgan, of Telkwa, ia registered at. the Hazelton Hotel. = td ‘Ray, ‘of Aldermere, spent aaveral days:i in town during the | week. : dh 5. Kennedy (“Long ‘Jim”’) ins ‘Hazelton yesterday. @, H. 3cDonell, of Telkwa, lett on Sunday for a business -|!- Phe Anglican church at South Hazelton has been completed and B. R, Jones, ‘the Skeena Cross- ting merchant, "was. in Haieiton on Monday: He reports - goad ‘Albert Barker, ‘of Broughton] ' 1& MeNeil’s staff, is in Hazelton, en route to the coast for a three- week’s vacation trip. RL Gale, J. P., of “Telkwa, ‘eame in ‘on. Friday, to see Stan- ley: ‘Miller, who. lies at the hos- ‘Laughlin’ ‘McLean and a party Spokane then came in on Wednesday, to inspect Babine :!lake lands in which they are inferested, : R. J. McDonell went to Telkwa Joni Thursday; accompanied by reorde B, Petty, a Slocan min- man, and /Tony Mack, who h. 8 just returned from Ketchikan. : 4 ; Harris Mines Ore ‘The good ore ‘recently encount- ered i in the Harris Mines is still) in evidence in the face of the on No, 8 vein, The last 95 feet of the drift shows high grade|. ore, which is now 14 inches wide. es is fine ore in the winze al- + Water coming into the work slower. -The/showing at this’ ‘level is even’ greater than any in the upper workings, and]; the ‘Harris boys are ‘naturally Improving the Roads . Superintendent’ Carr. haa sev- freighting repaired. Tom Brew- er, . -with 25 men, . is working south, from Hazelton, and is now at the 6-mile- post. J. Macdon- ald, with 4 crew of 15, is work- ing south from Porphyry creek, ‘A sinall crew: is repairing bad| - spats. between miles 83 and: 34, |' Angus. MeLean, is camped at ant ’ Sthithers | atid Nv ‘Nesbery has btarted. with 16. men to: con- the Telkwa poolroom than, was|.- tinue. building. the: ‘Kispiox road, an ane Mehta has: charge . of sankenier 1 ancoase to be. ~ Pacific Naval Base |! London, May 22:—Navat edi- tors of London dailies state that Vancouver and Halifax will be |, made naval bases, as part of the Empire defense scheme, = Vancouver, May 23:—London despatches | confirm: the report | that Vancouver will be made the Canadiax 1 base for Pacific waters. ‘Imperial: port their headquarters for re- fitting. Holiday Games _A baseball match between the Tigers and the Cubs ds to be played on the athletic - grounds this afternoon, to be followed by a football match between New Hazelton and the local team. Tomorrow the Sourdoughs and Cheechakos will play baseball. There is a good deal of new base- ball talent, and local fans will be pleased with the games. ANTI-JAPANESE ACT "HAS BECOME LAW Sacramento, May 19:—Gover- nor Johnson today signed the Alien Land Bill, which the Cali- fornia legislature passed by an overwhelming majority over the remonstrances of President Wil- Bon afid Secretary “Bryan, The 'Governor Johngon ‘in signing the bill gave out the following state- ment: ms | repeat what 1 have. before said, thut California, for the first time in its history, has an anttalien law. Any man who ‘wishes another kind of law, may consistently invoke the initiative. No man. who really Wishes’ the anti-alien law will sign a refer- endum as to this law. “Tf another law: is sought it may be presented by means of the initiative and in the. mean- time the present law ‘will be in operation. law means no law until Novem- ber, 1914. Washington, May 23:—Follow- ing the signing of the.alien.-land dill by ‘the: governor of Cali- fornia, the administration is ton- preme court to quash the enact- ment, Japan contemplates . a similar action. There is a moversent to subs mit the act to a referendum: of the voters of California, and. there is 4 possibility that such action: may be taken, in’ which event the result of the vote would be awaited before adopting other means to adjust the difficulty... a the: ‘wreck of a Canadian Pacific st-bound train: at Milf. ord, thirty * milea- wed of Calgary, printet, in ay die oF his inju B for the’ mito hips will make this | act will go into, effect ninety |*"") | days from date or on August 17. To tie up the present /- sidering an appeal ta. the su-|' "Twenty Hurt in: ‘Wreck bs Calgary, May 32 1 Twenty | passengers were infured today in |. Heniy | Barber, a. Vancouver’ oa L) “AN ELECTION 1S POSSIBLE Senate Appears Likely to Kill - Naval Bill and Govern- ~ ment May Dissolve Houee Says Upper House Can Never be Super- ior to People—Immensa Crowd Hears Borden Speak in Toronto Senate ‘May Also Kill Highways Act _ Ottawa, May 21:—Interest in . |the naval controversy centers’ in the senate and there is much speculation as to the probable action of the upper house in dealing ‘with the Borden measure, . The belief is growing that the Liberal majority in the chamber will kill, theshill, In such an-event the government is possibly within two months, ac- cording to some Conservatives. The Liberal senators have con- sidered the bill in caucus, but if they have decided upon a’ course of action they have been success- ful in keeping their own couneel,., In agreat Imperialist speech, delivered before. an immense crowd at Toronto. on. Monday night, Premier Borden said: the . senate is not, never has- been, people. ‘ Ottawa, May 22:--It is now said that the Liberal senators have determined to amend: the naval bill in such a manner as to make its acceptance by the gov-- ernment impossible. The. upper house is also likely. to kill the highways act, e Ottawa, May 28: With “the naval controversy out of the way, . PREMIER WARNS SENATE: likely to call an early election, and never: shall ‘he. above- “the oe the government is making good progress with legislation. | bank act was given its final read- ing this morning. -. Building Granby Smelter foundations for the $1,500,000 smelter at Granby Buy are ready fox. the structure, says Superin- tendent W: Y. Williams, who left . for the north tonight. : The steel - construction will begin June 1. Stefansson’ 5 Expedition , “New. York, May 22: —Explorer Stefansson, who will lead the | Canadian government expedition regions of- Canada, announces that Robert Bartlett, who was" Peary’s captain in the’: ‘Arctic, will be j in cominand of the Kar- . luk, in which the expedition will- sail from Vancouver - during. the second week in June, | Mr, Stef-: ansdon will leave for British Co- = lanibia ina few days. Lee ce os - Chief of Staff Resigas “Ottawa, May: iy hate ds 7 eral Mackenzie, chief. of, Staff - of cr the | Canadian : militia, hag. te The ' Vancouver, May 21:—The which is to: explore ‘the Arctic .