“Items of General Interest ‘Culled . Sons, of Calgary, Alberta, are L ant spots out of town. ~ some months | ago to RO to France, * will ‘take place: in Assembly Hall a on. Friday hext, July’ 27,, + ‘large attendance ls expected, and | ° - iti is confidently “prophesied that), : N ~ the finds of the 8 ~ acs Oe Bhat dD ac ’ Fi a THE: LEADING ‘WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA 1e Omineca liner VOL. Vi, NO. 47 HAZELTON, B. C., SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1917 J PRICE $2.00 A: YEAR LOCAL AND DISTRICT _ NEWS PARAGRAPHS From . Personal Movements In and Around the ‘District _ Adjacent to Hazelton ~G, Orman,- of Smithers, was here this week, - 4 F. G. Geddes.” of Vancouver | was here’ on Suriday. YV. CG Venning arrived on | Mon-| day from Vancouver, 8, G. Elmer, of Vancouver, was among Monday’s arrivals, Jas. Mead returned : from a vacation visit to the coast last “night, | Campbell Henderson, of Smith, Davidson & Wright, ‘Vancouver,s Was hére this week, George “Morrow arrived in Ha- zelton with.his two sons this week from Prince Rupert, | Mys..Ry C. Scott and baby ar- .Tived last night and proceeded to Smithers with Rev. R. ©. Scott. Mrs,- John S. Law and. two staying with Mr. and Mrs, Jas. _ MacKay. os T. “Gainey, of, Vancouver; with -F, Guiney and Jas.. Francis, ‘of Renfrew, - arrived i in Hazelton on “ Wednesday. The -yecent. fine. weather ‘has ~ caused many local people to make an exodus to the lakes and pleas: Hunter Corner, who left here has returned to Canada“among a . /eoalition of the _eenter, liberal |The vote was 214 to 116. The ‘;not desire a peace with annexa- any misunderstanding. . guaranteeing. ‘free development.: the challenge flung to the world by Michaelis in his maiden speech [yes terday i in the reichstag. " Copenhagén :. The German peace: resolutiun foster ed by the and socialist party. members, ac- cording to advices received here. resolution declared Germany did tions. If the enemy interprets the resolution as a sign of weak- ness, however, the Germans will prove they are capableof victory. The military situation precludes | The Kai-|. ser is magnanimous and hopes Michaelis . will make a peace The peace she desires to conclude: is that’ of victor, and it is the Allies that must hereafter make over- tures. to. end the war, make another peace offer... This was - draft of invalided soldiers, hee -. Rev. Dean. Sargent, who has been visiting his son, R. S..Sar-['. °° , gent, in Hazelton: for some time, left on last. night’s train for Grenfell, Sask. . their lust of conquest and theit aims of subjugation and wish “to : “We cannot again offer: peace, If our’ enemies abandon reiehstag yesterday passed the t, Amsterdam: Germany will not GERMAN MEMBERS FAVOR A PEACE _ WITHOUT SEIZURES OR INDEMNITIES _ MICHAELIS MAKES HIS MAIDEN SPEECH..HUNS| - PIERCE RUSSIAN LINE ON EAST FRONT negotiate, we will listen honestly and be ready for peace. — Until then we ‘must hold-out, calmly, patiently and courageously, . . "We are not seriously concern- ed in America’s intervention in France, . a “Bngland is scarcely able to feed and supply her own armies, without influencing the military and economie-situation.”” - . - The chancellor made a vigorous defence ‘of the policy of unlimit- ed submarine warfare, declaring it to be lawful and a justifiable, since it was a measure of reprisal for. England’s, illegal blockade, |; "Phe chancellor: said: “Our aims are, first, the territory of the. ig We cannot. pariey with an -enemy fatherland inviolable. demanding parts ‘of our empire.: jin eastern Galigia, Scheidernann, ‘socialist, speak- ing: immediately following Mi- chaelis, opposed the submarine policy, declaring it is doing more more harm than good. Berlin: Germans pushed for- ward through three strong Rus- sian zones. of defence between ‘the Sereth and Zlota Liipa rivers The Russians suffered heavily. Petrograd: 7 The Russian fail- ure to hold the Germans in east- ern Galicia was due to extremist detachments’ holding meetings to discuss the advisability - of obey: ing ‘orders, which some repiments’ refused to do. London: Both the British and Peace must build a foundation of lasting ‘reconciliation of nations, must prevent nations from plun: ging into further enmity through safeguards that a league of our opponents does not develop into an economic offensive alliance against ns.”? economic blockades, must. provide | . Teuton reports. agree’ as to " extent of artillery activity in Flanders. The British are firing six shells to the Germans’ one, Bik. developments are looked for. British operations in Mesopo- tamia are meeting with success. Our troops have advanced over twelve miles up the Euphrates river during the last ten days, J. G x, " Sealy returned this week from his. ranch: in. the Bulkley Valley.” He. ‘reports 2 light hay. crop’ in.the Valley, but says the.other produce i is looking | extremely well 7 ; | Rev. J. Knox: Wright, -Tepre- sentative of the Canadian Bible : Society, artived on Sunday, and gave an ‘illustrated lecture. on Monday evening for the benefit of the society. He left on Tues- “day for the south, _ |Middy Dance “ae Miday Dance, under .the - direttion. of: the racently-formed “young ladies’ Wide-Awake Club, Al t “the: dane will’: @ the “blegest event of its: ‘And: recent years, Ne ew ‘music. will be; ‘provided, and |. as the ‘proceeds “will : ‘help: biwall | sale’ Aig,all r ciety made an ‘appeal for funds for the Hrench’Red Cross Society | on Saturday: tast.- 2 shortly before having” ‘Made a special appeal’ to the people for funda, on July 1,:the local com- mittee decided:to apportion some. of the funds obtained that day go the French Red Cross rather than |make a further request, - fathount of $150 was therefore sent to the Societe Francaise de Croix Rouge; and, a further sum headatarten, of our own society, evéning’ at. 7:80. ‘will _be at Hazelton: the, first: week, in ‘August, > Red Cross ‘The Canadian Red Cross So- Owing té ‘The of $350: was’. forwarded . to: the Methodist Church: A! ‘Bong. service will be held i in he. Methodjat Church | fomortow ‘Special musié,.. We | Aid are most - “cordially invited, “a od mites aoe “Dr, ‘Inman; ‘eye-specialist, has ‘eturned. from ~ Vancouver. ‘qnid ‘| the next, ante 6 this paper. athe « direction of FS. Falconer, ‘ |the Usk ~countty ‘next: week to examine properties which | néed |: to:‘Télkwa for the. same reason, and from thenta Examined Properties _ J. D. Galloway, the provincial mining engineer for this district, went down’ to. the Rocher de Boule, “mountain this week to examine ‘mining. properties on the hill which had made applications for roads to ihe provincial, gov- ernment,’ - . Galloway was cecftapanied tb the mountain by dod O'Neil, ; sof. the Dominion geological survey camp at ‘Two- mile, who is obtaining geological data. for the topographic map of, a ‘15- mile: square af country in- cluding Rocher . ‘de Boule. and Nine-mile hill. : “The map ig under, who has parties. surveying the former mountain; ’. . -Mr.. Valloway will’ to down. to roads, He - then intends: to. Ho ithe Cariboo, fications ‘for “been ° Fe: where numeto ha roads | to. celaty q Ror exact: dates : see . ceived.” ‘house, showed a total indebtedness .of the: sinstitution of $80, which; however, . was partly covered by subscriptions, ‘Two trustees were elected, and an auditor, ‘board | which administers the af. fairs of the sehool is: now com- posed of: Mrs, Anderson (trustée, 3 years), and J. F. Maguire. (auditor), : Aid extends his'heartiest thanks | to Miss. Sealy,;. H. H. Little, W: Wattie, and J. EB. Kirby‘ for |: the donations: of magazines which | - they: 80. kindly « gave him. ‘for despatch, a the boys in. “thie | ‘trevichee, re - Annual School. Election At the annual meeting of the Hazelton public school, held on Tuesday evening in the school- reports by the secretary The (Dr.) Wrinch (trustee, 1. -year): Wm, “Grant (trustee, 2 years); Mra. W. W. . Thanks! Secretary Frost of thes Soldiers! * | waters. down to the Golden Wonder ‘this . opment of the property. miners will sink and drift along» the vein, in which there is two. feet of. clean copper: ore. Sutherland, - who is superintend- ‘ ing operations’ on the’ property; : expects ‘to havea large riumber = of men shortly working ‘on’ “the” gtoup, Alexander artived in’, Helton SUBMARINE TOLL IS - A SERIOUS MATTER 7,000,000 Tons Will Be Sunk This Year--Americans Wish To Get In and Help Destroy German. Submarine Bases London, July 21:~Seven mil- lion tons will be the submarine toll in 1917, - This rate is based the first six months of the pres- ent year. ships are needed in British Washington, July 21:—Army ‘|men have joined with the naval: q authorities i in urging an affensive In all quarters it is agreed the submarine tonnage toll is distres- singly large and that the situation Is serious, U.S. WILL REPAIR | INTERNED LINERS "Washington, J July 21: -—German ships interned in “America can be lars has been set aside to repair the ships.” liner now interned at New York, she can carry at least 6000 troops in a single trip. . AMERICAN ARMY | atmy lottery drawings began yesterday morning. Blindfolded appointed tellers are drawihg the numbers for the first U: S. army draft. Arthur. Leverett: took-a party.: week to commence active devel- . The MLW: ‘Water J Bonrd I Here | de F, Armstrong: and. J. . uy upon the U-boat ravages during More American war-— against Germany’s naval bases, | . easily repaired. ‘en million dol. . f ‘The Vaterland,: the .| immense Hamburg: America liner will be used as a transport, as. STARTS TO DRAFT ‘Washington, July 21:—The -¥ ‘An army of 687,000-is | expected ‘from over a. million: ' :/numbers prepared. The drawing of lis in secret, and the method used ~ is absolutely free from favoritism : or "suspicion, 5 ‘On the Golden Wonder.