“Items of General Interest ‘Culled

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L ant spots out of town.

~ some months | ago to RO to France,

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+ ‘large attendance ls expected, and | °
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THE: LEADING ‘WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA

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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.