SIR RICHARDIES SUDDENLY _ . at Halifax, 1890, and practiced " Jaw.in. BC, He waa @leeted-for|> -in 1898, _> minesin 1900, he resigned. through “|. » overwork, 1908. " Was compelled to resign in 1915 through -jliness. - becoming almost ‘totally . blind, and ‘relinquished his position a . few months ago, “Nine. ~mile mountain, situated e- | :tween the-Sunrige and. Silver Cup] opment’ work will be commenced «_: force under the direction of Al - “Harris , beginning work almost “as: gon as tlie deal was consum- : mated. . tion of activity on the silver-lead propetties on: Nine-mile. anti-conséription * tall. heard so : , Lafontaine “Pi ~‘annouticed - ~ 800n as the Roverna Reneralsl ng - the. bill, ” he'said, wv ne “ee fet wet, oo 4 ae THE LEADING: WEEKLY. NEWSPAPER OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA _ | . a Miner VOL, VI, NO. 50 | \ HAZELTON, B. C., SATURDAY, AUGUST ii, 1917 PRICE 20078 YEAR. ‘ British: Columbia's ‘Ex-Premier ’ Passes Away in London ~-Will be Cremated ‘ ' SIR RICHARD McBRIDE | Ex-premier of British Colum- bia, and recently High Commis- sioner to London for this province, |. who died in London on Monday. Born at New Westminster on December 15, 1870, he was grad- uated from Dalhousie University Dewdney to the provincial house| . Appointed minister of Became premier. it He led his government brilliantly for twelve years, - but He went tal. London as high commissioner, |; but was stricken with diabetes, Sir Richard's body will be cremated and the ushes sent to British’ Columbia for burial. , BARBER BILL HAS BEEN BONDED By BR deal completed this week the Barber and Barber Bill claims, constituting the Barher ‘group,on properties. and owned ° ‘by Billy Burken and Edgar Hartis, became bonded to H. Carleton,’ Devel- on the property. immediately, a » Indications: point toa resump- ‘Montreal: . The. most violent |; far waa indulged in. last. night at ‘ke Ferdinand ‘Villensuve, other | meeting as _jof the British line in Belgium .| Arras sector,and further damage- . Hazelton: i We. R Duniwoody, of Nanaimo, |: ; | chatge “or Hazelton - ‘police | ‘dia- | ion, | trict, succeeding Chief Constable in Taylor, who; ‘it. is. reported, ‘has ; London: ” Renewed advances by British and French’ forces in Flanders have been made, includ- ing the completion of the capture of Westhoek, == = =, French troops on the left flank made further progress east and north.of Bixschoote last night. German dugouts on a wide front east of Monchy le Preux, in the ed the Teuton trenches. Entente warships since Friday have been bombarding Turkish batteries in Asia Minor,and have silenced one battery atid destroy- an airdrome,. ee 3 An explosion and fire i in a Ibig chemical works in the east end of London last night wrecked the building. and killed and injured eoures of workers. a - Washington: ‘Admiral Jellicoe is believed - sheré to have been eliminated - from control of - the’ British naval forces. on the sea by the. recent changes in the admiralty. ’ Tt is understood to British raiding parties blew up low quickly of its trail. Geddes, and his lieutenants to make the British navy a great weapon of offense, apparently remain as titular head Jellicoe will ‘fof the navy on the sea, but the power will he. in the handg of Wemyss. , Rome: Italian patrol fighting took place on the whole front yesterday from, Trentino down to the: Isonzo and:across the Carso, the enemy everywhere leaving dead on the field and. prisoners’ in the hands of. Cadorna’s men. Hazebrouk, ° France: A new poison gas is being used by the Huns. Blindness and death fol- British medical officers are trying” to de- termine-the nature of the new af poison, 5 Ottawa: . A -conferene took place: yesterday at ‘Rideau Hall between the Duke of Devonshire and Baron Shaughnessy, Premier Borden, Sir George Foster, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Graham and Sifton, when Borden urged Lau- rier to join him in a national be the plan of the new first lord, government, pleading that the ENTENTE F ORCES HARRY ENEMY BRITISH AND FRENCH MAKE ADVANCES RADICAL CHANGE. OF POLICY IN ADMIRALTY strife of a general election be avoided. His offer is infinitely more generous than the one pre- viously made. London: British labor party held at West- minster today voted to send dele- ‘tative conference in September by a vote of 1,046,000 to 65,000, The conference will consist of délegates from all trade unions, and other labor and Socialist representatives, and is expected tohave momentous consequences. The ideas ontlined for the con- ference clearly define this is not a war of conquest, but thestrugele now being waged against .ruth- less autocratic governments must be contit.ued until there shal! be -}no more warfare on earth. Bel- gium and Servia must be re- stored. For the year ending March 81, the. British government received £700,000,000 ag its share in OX cess business profits. Winnipeg: The historic Liber- al conference concluded yester- day. NEW PARAGRAPHS FROM HAZELTON. AND ADJACENT DISTRICT A. W. Healy,of Prince Rupert, was herg this: week. R 8. Sargent went up to Telk- wa on on Wednesday. pert, was in town this week, Mrs. J, C. Sealy returned , ‘on Monday from an extended stay on the coast. - i . Among the visitors in Hazelton and A, Elliott, of Steveton, B.C. Dr. “Badger, the dentist, whol. weaks, went east to Prince George last evening, a Mra, A: DuHamel. of Ketehi- kan, Alaska, accompanied by her daugher, Miss’ Trene— DuHamel, ja. visiting her’ son, Hoxace; in arrived: last , -evenitia to: take}. i River distri ti. been: transferred” to, ‘the: Pence C. E.Baintér, of Prince Ru-|: on Thureda G. MacDonall|: ye at Eighth Cabin: for a consider- able time, came down this: week, has been practicing here for some| the Red Cross. AML are! ‘invited, i HLS, Pellin, of Prince Ruffert, came up on Monday. © C. G. Jonas, of: Edmonton, was among the week’s visitors. Almer Loyd . ame “up ‘from Prince Rupert during the. week, AL Christie, the Prince Ru- pert traveller, was: in’ Hazelton during the week. Allan Johnson, ‘who has’ been AL ‘social will: he: held: in St, Andrew" 8 Hall ¢ on Tuesday even- [ing next, under the auspices of No. further i in- formation — is. aveilable: as we go to press, but watch our. daily n) bulletin: for further détails. "Methodist Chiirch Rev, .R:. G Scott: ‘will preach’ tomorrow evening. at. 7:30'on ‘the ‘subjects. *Chriat, the Lani of Gods ey ww Holy Comrtunidin =: T. G; Garrett, of Vancouver, arrived last evening. J. MeDonald came down from Telkwa yesterday morning. ‘Rev. R: C. and Mrs, Scott came down on Tuesday from Smithers, de M. Gallagher and Chas. Muselow came down from North Francois Lake on, _ Wednesday, Dr. Inman,. the resident eye- specialist of Prince: Rupert, was in Hazelton on Tuesday, and Wednesday, IP. Maguire will go to Prince Rupert tomorrow,, returning on Wednesday next with his ‘daugh- ter, Mrs. D.: B, Morkill,,who is coming: from Vancouver to ‘make a ‘short atay in Hazelton, , Dr; WwW. J. Sipprell, pastor of Mt.- ‘Pleasant’ Methodist Chureh, ‘Vancouver, one of the most pop- ular preachers i in B.C.,-is éxpect- ed to arrive’ here next, ‘week, and A conference of the ‘gates te Stockholm: for a congul- RECORDS DETERMINATION Meeting of Citizens: Re-Affirms . Confidence in ‘Ultimaté Victory ~ > . Resolved that on this the Third anniversary of the. declaration of a righteous war, this meeting of citizens -Of Hazelton records its in- flexible determination, to continue to a victorious end ‘the struggle in maintenance - of those ideals of Liberty and Justice which are the common and sacred cause of the Allies, A Jargely attended . meeting held in Assembly Hall on Sunday evening last, for the purpose of | recording the determination of | the citizens to see this war out . to a victorious finish, enthusias- - tically and unanimously rose in affirmation to the above resolution. moved by Rev. J. Field, who was appointed chairman. \ The first speaker of the. even- ing was Wm. Grant, who made a capable address i in supporting the. resolution, - Dr, Wrineh, “who followed, spoke ably to the resolution, in his customary convincing. mfin- ner, -_ J. F. Maguire, speaking’ from his experiences in many years of actual contact with Germans, {delivered a forceful address -in giving his wholehearted 1 support to the resolution, . In an an earnest: speech, g. H. Hoskins disclosed the perfidy of _ the Huns in relation to the Serip- ; ures, - Following the last address, ‘|the resolution, as moved by the chairman, and seconded by Jack Frost, who gave a few sidelights. on his personal experiences with . army chaplains at the front, was put to the vote, and if the Kaiser has any doubts as to whether the British Empire would stay in the’ war to the finish we take pleasure in dispelling them by calling. his attention to:the unanimous pass. age of the above resolution as adopted not only by the people of Hazelton, or Canada, but of the whole Empire. prayer by Rev. John Field and a Scripture reading by Rev. Dr, H. C. Wrinch. Interspersed among thespeech- * es were a number of vocal :solos .. yendered by. young ladies; who... included Miss Davis; Miss Gladys . McCready, | Miss : Goddard, ‘and fa Miss Smith, with Mrs. ‘Chappelle as iccompaniat, ‘and whose offer-. ings .were: ‘accepted i in’ an’ appr ciable manner by the Budiel a, ‘The program: ended: ‘with: ithe Doxology -and the singing of: @. National” ‘Anthem by. the ab blage.:” ‘The: eéllection divided‘among the.local ‘branches .}will be the guest of Dr; and Mra. - Wrinth at t the Hospital, 7 . “lof. the war funds The proceedings opened with ae . ‘|hymn, which was followed by a: