vg sombtoved aa Wits ‘at different
-: addresses than those at which

of: the” necessity. for redistribu-
-. ¢ién'in ‘the ear ‘future, it is neée-

“s. ding:the south slope.
a, aa:made about December 26. .
° ‘¢. dim and his partner, MeDon-

b. trict will” be.-Mrs."F As Jackson
_ + ‘and Miss Carter, who ledve® for
4 .~the northern coalfield today with |;
_ Mr. “Jackson, who is taking a

©. have. been cancelled and: new

. lists are. being prepared. _ Ap-
ae plications for: registration must
..; be filed before April 7- with. the

 pégistrar of voters,
"=: triet ‘the necessary declarations
x may be made before any justice
fe of the peace, notary public, com-
‘missioner. for taking affidavits,
+s, Provincial constable, government

Z agent,’ assessor, mining recorder,
ot deputy mining recorder, post-
.& master or Indian agent.
. yoter, no. matter how long his
name has been on the list, is re-

~ May : 19.
m produce ‘their naturalization pa-
pers when “applying for, regis-

‘ereek, averaging 50 cents to the
‘pan. The strike was made. in

” worked south toward Dease Lake

‘Grotindhog. ‘Basin Anthracite
i Syndicate, This concern will do
considérable “development “work
“4 ‘on a ‘large group of claims.

a Jackson will also. aupervise the

work on. the Laidlaw & Jackson
7 properties, and expects to . meet
Mr. Laidlaw herein June.

As "a

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“IN NORTHERN. BRITISH COLUMBIA

"VOL: Il, No, 27°

e _Omineca_

HAZELTON, B,C. SATURDAY, “MARCH 8, 1913

PRICE $2,00 A YEAR .

_ NTRS LISTS CANCELLED

ALL MUST

2 New Lists Now Being Prepared. Prepared. Applications for Regis-
“tration Must Be In Before April.7 =» Officials Who
May Register Voters---New Regulations.

‘The voters lists of the province

“In this, dis~

Every

quired to register’ anew, The
court of revision will be held on
All foreigners ‘must

tration,
the chief reason _ tor the re:

they are now located. In view

“‘eagary that voters. should be reg.’

ST REGISTER ANEW

istered for their. present ad-
dresses, It is.also necessary for’
the proper working ot. ‘the new
Jurors’ act. _

Readers of the Miner should
lose no time in applying for rep:
istration, wo

N ated Physician Invited

{8pecial to The Miner)

Victoria, Mar. 7:—The provin-
cial government has invited ‘Dr.
Friedrich Friedman, the German
bacteriologist whose: tuberculosis
treatment -has altracted world-
wide attention,:to come fiom
New York to Tranqitille, to dem-
onstrate there his new discovery,

- Pauline Johnson Dead °

Vancouver, Mar. 7:—Miss E,
Pauline Johnson, the Canadian
’ {Indian poetess, died here today
after'a long illness, from cancer.
The Duke of Connaught, when |:
last ia Vancouver, visited Miss
Johnson, Her Indian name was
Tekahionwake, and she was the
daughter of a- chief of the Six
Nations Indians. Her mother
was: -Emily: ‘Howells,. an -English-:
woman from Bristol, °

“SKBOKUM JIM” TELLS -
QF TESLIN GOLD STRIKE)

Wrangel, Mar. 3:—Skookum
Jim, of Klondike fame, reports
the discovery of gold on Silver

British Columbia, about eighty-
five miles from Telegraph Creek,

Jim “prospected on: the head
waters of the Pelly tiver and

-but struck nothing. until reach-
The strike

ald, lost: their camp outfit by. be-
ing burned out: about January i

Jin came out via Atlin, Mc-
Donald remaining inside, and re-
ports about 300 claims’ staked by
Tahltan Indians and white ‘trap.

' cy says the ground is: ‘heh

The. first: ladies to travel: with
dog teams ta: ‘the; Groundhog dis-

crew i in to build camps for .the

Mr.

Frank
8 exténsive work will be Uh

\the briefest delay,

in alors and. “agreenionis existing
| between ‘the, Allies and Turkey
| before the commerioment of ‘the

WHAT BALKAN ALES
DEMAND. ND. OF TURKEY

Rome, Mar. 2:—/ 2:—Acearding to
official information received to-
day the Balkan states will insist
upon the following conditions for
the conclusion of peace, even
through the mediation of the
powers ;

First—The contracting parties
pledge themselves to the immedi-
ate and simultaneous cessation of
hostilities after. the signing of
the treaty of peace,

Second — Contemporaneously
Turkey must surrender to the
allies Adrianople, Seutarii and
Janina.

Third — The Bulgar-Taricsh|
frontier shall extend from Rodos.
to to Midia, the exact line. to be
established by a military ‘com-
mission, composed of Bulgarians
and Turks.

tipoli to. be ceded to-thé.Allies.
Fifth—All the, Aegean, islands
occupied at present by the Greeks
fo be ceded to the Allies, ot
. Sixth—Prisoners of war | and
hostages to be exchanged. with

Seventh~Turkey - to: pay “the|,

Allies three hundred million dol. |°.
lara war:. iridemnity, deducting
‘from it, however, that portion: of |’

the Ottoman. debt borne: by the
Turkish European provincey, :

in the Balkan territory for religi-
ous ‘purposes, having undér‘his
jurisprudence all mosques, pidus.
funda and chareh properties, ©
Ninth-—All treaties, conven-

, that the new administration. will

a -|quartz ‘possibilities of the well
fe -Fourth—The peninsula of Gal-

. blacer ground,

; | Omineca river district, is expect-
” Bighth—A special represetita-|

tive-of the sultan to be permitted

fe

structed at an early date.

distiict.-

the big’ hotel which the railway:

"announced: shortly.

“Hazelton Bridge Guaranteed

Advices have been received: stating thet the. high level bridge
across the Bulkley river, connectiig 1
~ district with the tailway station at: South Hazelton, will be con-
- Efforts are ‘being made to have ihe ~
" government undertake . this necessary work; but the building of
the bridge is guaranteed by the Grand Trunk Pacific.
~ only feasible means of connecting ithe permanent toad system of
the district with the railway, the bridge i is a prime necessity, and
. the news that its immediate construction “has been decided upon
will be gratefully received by. “the Permanent residents of the

ah
Officials of ‘the Tailway company have’ selected a site for

South Hazelton, and plans for this enterprise are expected to be

Hazelton and the surrounding

As the.

“a

cémpany proposes to build at -

Ws

Washington, March 4: — For}:

the first time in twenty years,
a Democratic president’ was to-
day the central figure i in the in-f
auguration ceremonies, ‘They
customary formalities were ob-
served, and Woddrow Wilson is’
now president of the United
States, The lofty tone of the|
president's Aneugural, ‘address ig).
generally: ‘taken a3 an “indieation |

be sanely ‘progressi @, Thou-

WOODROW WILSON IS: NOW
~ UNITED STATES PRESIDENT

Years Takes Oath of Office ~- Personnel of Cabinet--
Bryan. Made Secretary of ‘State.

" Washington, Mar 8:—The final
selection of the cabinet was made
‘today. ‘Following i is the draft :

. Sgeretary of state—W.J. Bryan.

Secretary of-the | treasury—W.
fe _MeAdoo, of New York.

’ Secretary of war—Harrison of
‘New Jersey.

“ Attorpey-Gerieral.-McReynolds
of. Tennessee. ‘
‘a'Bestmaater-General nA. Ss; Bur:,
leson of Texas.

Secretary of the navy—Jose-
phas Daniels of North Carolina,

sands of suffragettes marched to
the White House grounds. Their
appearance resulted in consider-
able disturbance.

London, Mar. 6: ~The British
press comments most favor-
ably on “President Wilson’s' in-| .
augural address,

Secretary of the interior-—Lane
of ‘California.

Secretary of agricultare—Hou- :

ston of Texas.

Secretary of commerce—Red-
field of New. York,

Secretary of labor---Wilson of
Pennsylvania.

Preparing Ore Exhibit
Mining men of the district are
requested to submit ure samples

of suitable size, with informa-| -

tivn as to location, depth, ‘and
contents, to the board of trade,
for inclusion in the exhibit which
will be displayed at the Imperial
Institute in London.

_. (Off to Manson Creek
Dr. B. F. Stanwood and W. B,
Steele left yesterday for their
claims i in the Manson camp. Dr,
Stanwood was the ‘first ining
man to-call attention to the

known placer district, and he has
acquited'a number of excellent
silver-lead and dry, silver pros-
pects, These he will develop as
far as possible during the season,
Mr. Steele also owns: mineral
claims, while both have valuable |;

More’ Manson. Men -
” General Manager "Frases, of
thd. Royal Standard Infvestrnent
Company, a Vancouver concern
with large placer holdings in‘ the

ed.to reach Hazelton on tonight's
train’ with a crew of‘ foirteen
miners, and will proceed af” chee
tothe company’s property to: be:
gin. the: season’s work.

Kaiser Going Te

Bertin, Mar. ‘Te_Elaborate pre-
parations aré being made for the
Kainet’s. first, ascent ina ditig-

| with nine children, the-youngest

+ > phundreds. injured,
an injured will die.

Caused His Son’s Death

{Special to The Miner)

Vancouver, Mar. 5:— Stanley
Crowley, aged fourteen, dropped
dead yesterday. at Collingwood,
near Vancouver; from a kick ad-
ministered by his father in a dis-
pute following the lad’s failure to
attend school, The father, Thom-
is Crowley, is fifty years of age,

horn yesterday. Crowley fainted
twice while giving evidence at
the inquest today. The coroner's
jury found that there was no
criminal intent and returned a
verdict of death by misadventure.
The father was liberated.

. Dynamite Kills Many

Baltimore, Mar. 7:—While 350
tons of dynamite was being
transferred. from a barge to a
steamer, an explosion occurred
in which fifty were killed and
“Many of the

_ German Naval Disaster.

“Berlin, Mar. 6:—During night
maneuvers of the German fleet|
in the North Sea on Tuesday
night, the cruiser Yorck collided
with a torpedo destroyer, sinking
the latter with a loss of life of-
Alcially eatimated at seventy-one,

- Greek Victory Reported .

© Athetis, Mar. 6:—It |i officially
‘| reported that J anina, the great |
weatern fortress of the Turks,
hag, surrendered to the Greek:

Ottawa, Mar. 6.—With the ob-
ject of forcing a general election
on the naval proposals, the Lib-
erals continue their obstructive
tactics in opposition to the dread-
nought measure, The house has
now been in continuous session
for sixty hours, and there is still
no end of the blockade in sight.

of the Canadian parliament, no
attempt is being made to debate
the question at issue. The war
between government and’ opposi-
tion, which. presents many un-
precedented features, is likely to
continue until midnight on Sat-
urday, when the house will ad-
journ automatically. The con-
test is likely to be renewed on
Monday, ‘The second reading of
the naval measure was carried
with a government majority of
thirty. The opposition is now
making its big fight in commit-
tee qf the house.

Ottawa, Mar. rh :~Members of
the Hansard staff. ‘are breaking
down under the strain of the ¢on-

, tinuoits’ ‘session. Iti is “estimated

For the first time in the history.

UNREMITTING FIGHT ON BILL
FOR NAVAL APPROPRIATION j

Opposition Still Trying To Force General Election, Al-
_ though Government Has Majority of Thirty -- House
of Commons In Continuous Session.

that the Liberals have spoken
over two million words,
sitting has now lasted over one
hundred hours, the daily cost to
the public being ten thousand
dollars. No reliet is yet visible.

Many Liberals have spoken as -

often as five times each and at
great length.

air pillow.
It is rumored here that Can-

adian Steel and allied interests :

are’ behind: the Liberal tactics,
and if the latter are successful
in forcing an election they will
receive financial aid.

’ Constable Killed

(Special to The Minar)

Nanaimo, Mar. 5:—Provincial
Constable Westway was murder-
ed at Union Bay yesterday.
was engaged in searching for
William Adams, alias Martin,
who is wanted by the police on
criminal charges, A companion
of Adams who is known as ‘‘Fly-
ing Dutchman”’ is under arrest,

charged with the slaying of the 7

officer.

SMELTER MAN LOOKS
OVER HAZELTON MINES)

Investigatifig the ore possibil_
ities of this district, in the inter-
ests of the Granby company,
E. E. Campbell is spending a
few days here, Already he is
favorably impresssd with our
ores. Yesterday he visited the
Harris Mines, of which he thinks
highly, and today he went to the
Silver Standard: -It.is the pur-
pose of the Granby..company to
edd a lead stack to its 2000-ton
copper smelter at Granby bay, as
soon as a daily production of 100
tons of silver-lead ore is assured.
The mines of this district are ex-
pected to yield the necessary ton-
nage ina comparatively short
time, ;

~ Britannia Mines’ Record
(Special to The Miner)

Vancouver, Mar. 6:—At’ the
annual meeting of the Britannia
Mines' today, it was announced
that extensive improvements and
additions to the plant would be
made immediately. ' The presi-
dent, Ex-Governor Dewdney,
said the progress of development

great copper mines of the contin-
ent, There will be two thousand

men on the pay-roll within two
years,” Over $1,000,000 was ex-
pended on developments aud im-
provements ‘last year. ‘Ore is
now being ‘treated. by the new
Fhiglish oil concentration process |

-twith which most wonderful: -re-)

sults have béen ° obtained - sitce
ita installation, “Tha ‘directors |:

recognition of the miners’-uniotic

forces,. with thirty-two thowzand

ible, halleon

tp eter of mae ;

. New. x

ove capltalit

had been such that the property |
can now be classed as one of the |

The company ‘is: controlled; by béi

{LABOR COMMISSION 1

NOW TAKING EVIDENCE fa

(Special ta The Miner}
Vancouver, Mar.
sessions have been held here by
the labor eommission, which has
heard a good deal of evidence.

One witness, a construction lab- &

orer who had worked in railway

camps for thirty years, said he §

knew of at least one foreman

who admitted getting a rakeoff. .

from the employment agencies
of half the fees, frequently dis-

charging men to increase the [Raa
The witness wrote #
a mimber of names for the com-.

flood of fees. -

mission.

Representatives of labor or- §

ganizations urged.’the improve-
ment of “camp conditions and
working ‘hours. ‘Payment in

‘feash, instead of by check, was

asked for.

Women witnesses pave evi- BE

dence concerning the long hours
and small pay received by women

employees of stores. They urged ff oa

that store employees should have
a half-holiday weekly,

Tella of Groundhog Coal ©

CSpectal to The Minet)
‘Nanaimo, Mar.

The 2

H. B. Ames ap-
peared with a nighteap and an Iz

He |

7: — Three . :

6™-An - inter .

esting paper on the coal measures fmm

of the great Groundhog district!
was tead: before the western:
branch of the- ‘Canadian ’ ‘Mining.

Institute, by ‘George Ww. ‘Evan
Seattle expert, wh

will adhere to the poli¢y.of non«| OC %