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PROSPECT iF
“SETTLEMENT

Proposals for Mediation by
SouthAmericanNationsAc-
- cepted by U. Ss. and Mexico

-- Washington; April. '7:— Word

. that General Huerta had accept-
ed the tender of good’ offices

‘made by Argentina, Brazil and
Chile, was conveyed to President
Wilson today through diplomatic
sources, Huerta's forma! accept-
ance has not yét been drafted,
but he has-informed the diplo-
mats in Mexico City who took
up the subject with him, that. he
he would accept...

Washington, May 1:—There is
every prospect that negotiations
will result in @ settlement of the
the Mexican difficulty without
recourse to war. Carranza,. the
constitutionalist leader, has
agreed to the proposed media-
tion of the South American  BOv-
ernments,

Washington, (April aT _ Euro:
pean. diplomats in Washington,
it was learned today, are pessi-
mistic regarding the outcome of

the mediation proposals by South |

’ American governments to pre-
vent war with Mexico. While
‘the action of Great Britain, Ger-
many and Francein ‘urging Huer-|j
ta to.accept the: good: offices"prof=| ‘
fered by Brazil, Chile and’ Ar-
gentina, has hedan encouraging
effect on officials here, there are
few who believe that success

‘can eventuate from the under-
taking.

Washington, April 27:—It was

deciared today ‘that: there had |.°

been no change in the policy. of
the. government . “to sit tight?

at Vera Cruz, unless retaliatory

tactics should be resorted to by
General ‘Huerta, or some overt

action. by. the constitutionaliste| ‘

‘ ghould demand a forward move-
ment into Mexico. Neutrality
by the constitutionalists, officials
here believe will be observed.

Should ‘war be forced on the
government, it is pointed out,
the base of operations. “would: be
at Vera Cruz, and: the ‘plan will}
be to confine the-advance; if pos-

- sible, to the territory controlled

- by Huerta, with Mexico City -as
the objective point of the Ameri-
ean forces. ;

The movement, it is generally
believed, “will be: an. extenaive
one, Although it still is the de-
termined policy of the’ President
to. prevent war, the army: cand
‘navy are prepared. ‘for any -emer-
gency and should the word ‘come
to advande to.the interior in, jor
der to protect. life: and | property,
it is said the war department is
ready to.send in an aemy-of -20,-|
000. ‘to’. 90,000 men, and to in-

po crease the forces:‘to.a “great de-

7 Bree along. the Mexican border:

Wounded Bandit Will Die.

 Wano. Dzutzoff, ‘the most ‘seri-
‘ously wounded ofthe captured
bank robbers, is at. the. pointof
death. today. - . Adeku. Singjloff,
who" was shot through both arms;

recovered sufficiently to leave the| -
-Hoapital, and.is now in the lock-| -

up, with Boris Mamukoff, ‘ailght-

ly ‘wounded :in ‘the thigh, and}ope
“Zarackmet ' Kadijeff,’ who’ was | pec
ed: ‘

 HAZELITON, B.C, SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1914 —

Planning t to Assist
BOG Lambermen

Preliminary ‘to a*tour of in-
spection.. through the district,
M, A; Grainger, of the forest .
branch headquarters staff, is
spending a few days in Hazelton.

Mr. Grainger states that’ the
department, having succeeded in|-

adjusting the royalty question
satisfactorily, is now considering
the extension-of the export mark-
et for lumber. Hon. W. R. Ross
contemplates . the adoption’ of
measures to assist the lumbermen
of the province .in : developing
eastern and foreign markets.

One of the: first steps taken will

be the establishment of perman-

‘jent exhibits of B. ©, forestry

products in eastern cities. Other
matters which are occupying the
attention of the, minister are the,
question of the utilization of by-
products and the distillation prob-
lem. In these and other ques-
tions affecting the industry, the
department will co-operate with

-.| the lumbermen.
Miss M. Crawford, of the Hos- |

pital staff, who has recovered
from her recent. illness, left on
Monday for 4 visit to Vancouver,

James Morgan come in from
his ranch at. Ootsa Lake Tues-
day, leaving for a short” Visit - to
Prince Rupert. Thursday morn-
ing. _

“Chief” “GSiaBle Gannon wih
leaves tomorrow to - take charge
of the Prince Rupert’ police dis- |.
trict, will be given a farewell
smoker this evening by: his Ha-

aaa’

zelton friends.

AMATEURS SCORE A HIT

The ‘members. of Hazelton
Dramatic Society more than sus-
tained their reputation ‘for high:

class entertainment on Thursday

night, when - they presented the
double’ bill of. ‘‘Box “and -Cox”
and “Poor Pillicaddy.””

‘In Box and Cox, J. H, Faller
and &. H. HicksBeach ‘made
their first appearance on the Ha-
zelton stage,. and with.G. R.
Middleton carried that farce
through most successfully, :

- Poor Pillicoddy, with W. -F,
Brewer in the title role, Mrs.
Hicks Beach as Sarah Blunt, and
ably supported by G. R:. Middle-
ton,’ Miss Pearl Alten, cand Miss
Vera Peel, ‘was! splendidly pre-|°
sented, ‘the many difficult ‘parts
being handled with'a 1 smoothness

which reflects: ‘great credit on}

those ‘taking ‘part. ‘The players
were greeted: by a ‘large. audience
and ‘the enthustaatic'' applause]
throughout the performance wag
ample proof of their. appreciation.

After : the , performance . the
floor was cleared. and dancing
was’ indulged i in to an early: hqur,.

“The: net: receipts, whieh 20. ‘to
-|angment, the school’ “funds, were

$120:765.:: This: amount-has been |i
turned over to the. trustees, who

have, gaked-" ‘The Miner’ to expreas| -
their. appreciation of th the efforts -
b

MeMurray and. Prince ‘Albert, ..

* «Low While. nos. definite ., _announeeé
‘ments have been made with resi

‘of the scheme plan to. commence

- lof the line, ‘which: will tap the

current

‘I trolled by. the British" Columbia

: {composed of prominent ‘Quebec

rmouth of the Naas river into. the

‘rand the Quebec syndicate,

lat $15,000,000. with # bonding

~NILL SOON CONMENCE WORK

ON RAILWAY TO GROUNDHOG

Promoters of Road From Naas Har Naas Harbor to Northern Coal

Fields Announce Detaild

Detailed plans of the route of |
the Pacific, Peace River & Atha:}:
basca Railway, for which a char...

d Plans for Projected Line.

Negotiations. for B.C. Anthracite Coal Lands on Skeena

J
been asked from the gov ernment
-by the promoters, who said they
had secured the necessary ‘finan-

ter has recently been granted by. al backing previous to making

the Dominion government, show:
that a vast extent of territory in:
the northern section of: British|
Columbia will - be opened up. byt
the proposed line, " The construc:

their application for’ a charter,.
‘thus reversing the usual proced-
ure, _ The Peace River Tramway
& Navigation Company, an allied
reoncern, id capitalized at $1, 00), -

tion.of a railway from the Pacific 000, with a bonding. privilege

coast through: British Columbia; {i

Alberta and Saskatchewan toj:

Prince Albert: is- planned by A. |,
D. Thomas, the Welsh coal baron |:
and head of the Cambrian Col-
lievies, and his associates in con®
nection with the proposed scheme
for tapping the’ anthracite coal
fields i in the Groundhog” coal | re-
gion, says the Province, -

An idea of the ambitious na-
ture of the enterprise can be.
galned when it is. mentioned that

the proposed route is the farthest |.
iconatrtiction through Hegem Pass
‘to the ‘Omineca river; along’ that
course to the Finlay. branch of
the Peace river,. and then on. the];

north ‘of any. of ‘the. projec :
east and west lines, followi
watercourses. to the mouth of t)
Athabasca river, -and. then: pro=
ceeding. southeasterly to Fort

rard to starting. fonatruction, it
is ‘understood that the promoters

building the first 200-mile section

Groundhog. district, this year’ or
early next season. The develop-
ment of the coal- lands is one of
the chief objects of the company
of which Mr. Thomas is: the lead: |
ing spirit, °

“AS mentioned in this paper a
few weeks" “ago, a ‘report. was
inthe east that the
Welsh coal baron and his associ-
ates had secured. optiona on the
coal claims in the Groundhog con-

Anthracite Syndicate, a company,

financiers, - who * hold charters
froth both * the’ ‘Dominion ‘and:
Provincial governments: for con-
structing a railway ‘from the

coal fields, No confirmation of
the Fumor has. yet been received
at the coast, although iti is stated
that’ negotiations are still pro-
ceeding betweert Mr. Thomas

The. Pacific, Peaca River and
“Atiiabasca: Railway: is capitalized

privilege of $85, 000-8. thile. . No
concessions or guarantees: ‘have

‘of $35,000. a- mile, :

The proposed route: starts at
the mouth of the Naas River and
‘then goes eaaterly. ‘and. southerly
225 miles; thence QCYoss ‘the

(watershed between - ‘the Naas].

and Skeena rivers, . down: Currier}
ereek to the Skeena, down that
‘watercourse to the. Bear, river;

thence up the Bear river. to Bear

lake and: then. ‘south -and east
Across the divide to the Drift:
wood, river.

The company’s ‘jilens call for

north side of the main branch of
“|the Peace river. in an “easterly

sand northerly direction. ‘to-Ver-
million” rapids in Alberta, At}
this point the road will cross the
Peace river and, continue north
and east along the south bank ‘to
Point Providence; thence to the
mouth of the Athabasca river;
south up its east bank to Fort
McMurray, and thence in a gen

-eral . southeasterly direction io
Prince Albert. —_
The: ‘development’ of coal and

oil. Jands i is 8 big feature in the
plans, of the: ‘promoters, Mr,
D; A. Thomas controls the ‘Cam:|
brian Collieries, with an output
of seventeen to eighteen million
tons, of coal per year, owns ves:
sels with an aggregate. tonnage
of” 70,000 tons, and “his interests
as ‘a ‘whole are ‘capitalized at
st, 000, 000, Mr. Thomas is al
recognized autlicrity” on, coal—a

chemist. and mining engineer.
He was for some ‘time, - until six

year. ago, a member of the: Brit.

ish House of. Commons.

> Mr. Thomas visited Vancouver
last, summer . accompanied by a
number, of. ‘other protninent ‘Brit.

ah ‘capitalists, and.) he. ‘was go im-

pressed - with. the. pousibilities| '

afforded i in British Columbia that

he became.” interested in: the
achente for a northern: srailway,|."
and the development of. the
Groundhog, whieh local Promot-|*
ers originated. :

LOCAL NEWS PARAGRAPHS |.

Dp, fel Wall, of Vancouver, was .
in town during the week,

“Bob Getow- has gone™ “to. “Burns
Land. Francois lakes, for’ the. ‘sum.

Benedicts Defeat
Bachelor Ballplayers
. The first baseball game of the

season, between the Bachelors
and Benedicts, resulted in a vie-

tory for the latter by the rather ;

one-sided Beore of 18-9, The].
game was a spectacular affair;
the play being fairly éven except
in the eighth, when the’ married
men pounded Kelly for seven
runs, sewing up the game. The
line-up was as follows: .
Benedicts— Little, 1b; R. J.
Rock, 2b; Sinclair, -p; Graham
Rock, c; Darling, 3b; R. EB Allen, |
ef; Glassey,ss; Ogilvie, rf; Lynch,
lf, _
Bachelors—Macdonald, Pp: and
1b; Stone, 1b and e; Kelly, ¢ and

88; D, G, Allen, rf; Birch, cf;
Kinghorn, lf. .
Umpire, W. A. Burken.

-D: 0 Wing, provincial gov-
ernment surveyor, arrived from
Victoria - ‘on Wednesday, accom-
panied by A. ©. ‘Lymn. They
left next day for Groundhog,’ to
resume survey work.

EL Y. Westaway has arrived
from Telkwa, to join the staff of
the Union Bank here’ during the
absence of G. R. Middleton, . the!
accountant, who expects to leave.

tomorrow for'a vacation trip to
Vancouver and Victoria, |.

‘KF. A. Widmoyar, station agent
at Sovth-Hazelton; hes resigned |
from the railway service and will

trip: through | Eastern Canada.
He is ‘succeeded by. K. Bright,
whio comes. from the: Yukon to
enter the G. T. P. service,

ULSTERITES LAND ARMS

Belfast, April 27:—The nearest
approach ‘to_ open rebellion in|"
Ulater occurred early on Satur-
day,. when 25,000 Mauger rifles |;
and 200,000 rounds of ammuni-
tion were landed within thirty

the coast guards and the. police
were taken by surprise. - . What
was called a teat ‘mobilization
developed into a cordon which
was thrown aroiind four searpot
towne, all wires’ were “gut, and
the arma, were landed while the
officers were kept brigoners in
their quartets, ose:

‘London; April 2 Speaking
in‘parliament today, Premier As-
quith referred to the landing’ of
arma In Ulster, said: “In view
of this grave ‘and unprecedented |’
outrage the members may assure
themselves that the. govern ment
will take without delay appropri-
atestepste vindicatethe authority |
of the. law. mn

“Antangements are being made
for the operation ; of. the. ‘South
Hazelton terry at night;

2 Wes B, Smith, of* -Vaneouver. |

nty ‘return. sing met

rom ‘an official | e

Dp; Brewer, 2; Imlay, 3b; Long, |-

leave shortly for ‘an extended]

miles of here, The customs men, |

‘PRICE $2.00 A YEAR |

—TAREAT mi

THREATENED

United Mine Workers May
_ Cali Out Half Million Coal.
Miners if Strike Unsettled.

Des. “Moines, Towa, April. ‘ot: —
Unless strike conditions are im-
proved-in ‘the southern Colorado
fields, a strike of the 500, 000 coal.
miners in the country probably
will be called next week, John.
P. White, international president:
of the United Mine Workers said
last night. A meeting of the
executive board hasbeen called
for May. 4‘at Indianapolis to con-
sider the question, he abmounced.

"Washington, April 27:— . Presi-
dent Wilson has made. a personal
appeal to John D. Rockefeller to.
bring about a settlement of the
Colorado coal strike and end the.”
violence which has costa score.
of lives and large property loss.
The financier, who owned a
large part of. the mines’ affected
by the strike, in response toa .
telegram from the - ‘President,
declared he had turned over his -
interests. in Colorado to his BON,
John D. Rockefeller, Jey whom -
he would ask to co-operate with

Chairman Foster, _

QUARTERLY. MEETING
“OF: HOSPITAL BOARD

"A total attendance of over 2200
days was reported at the quar-
terly. meeting of the advisory
board of. Hazelton Hospital held.
on: Wednesday. evening, °
800 days in'éxéegs of any previous
quarter’ 8 attendance, Dr. Wrinch ~
reported excellent results for. ‘the
quarter.

The new plant will soon be it in:
stalled, © the heavy. machinery
being 3 now-on the way, tobe fol.
lowed shortly. by the dynamo.
‘The X- “ray ‘apparatus is to come
a3 soon as the electric plant is:

shipped from Vancouver. _

‘After the meeting, graduation
exercises were held diplomas
“being - presented to Misses Amy
Grist, Ruth Adams, and Gertrude.
Germaine by -S.. H. Hosking, _
{chairman of the. board... Mra. -D. -

=": | MeLeod presented the- graduates -

with pins | and large | bouqueta.
Social. exercises followed the pre-
sentations. c

Bert’ Schooling, of “the, toad .
superintendent's staff, . has Te.
turned froma vacation feo tp oO
the coast, : Me

J T “Vaughan-Rhys, the Vane

me -| couver. mining. expert,: ‘artived, on
~ Monday, ‘to. inspect. the. Hartia- -

Mines. property. .
B Be + Willett bs

a) representing the Nortia § Sate & ‘ie ae

Thisis”*,

ready, The ambulance has. been ee