7 VOL. TL.NO, 12

; HAZELTON, B.C, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28,1912

PRICE $2. 00 A: YEAR

5

/ SULTAN REJEGTS TERNS OF
~ PEAGE-APPEALS TO POWERS

a Wari in Balkans Resumed — ome Fi orty. Thousand
| “Slain i in Siege and Capture of Monastir by
- Servians---Pestilence Claims Many: Victims
in War-Scourged Country — oe,

GOING ‘RIGHT ‘AHEAD ,
AT SOUTH HAZELTON

streets, The actual work

No time has been lost i in inaking preparations ‘for ‘the
development of the South Hazelton townsite.
; Larocque have already arranged accommodation for the |

‘large crews which will be engaged in clearing additional _
. Streets and blocks. and stumping and grading the’ principal

. continue throughout. the winter,

Business Men Secure Lots

" “London, Nov. 21:—The Turks
“having finally rejected the terms
of peace ‘proposed by Bulgaria,
’ hostilities have been renewed in
the. Balkans.
key is appealing to: the Powers
to ‘intervene - and make peace,
The allies: declare that: nothing
but. the complete ‘annihilation of
‘Turkish rule‘in Europe will be
.- accepted by them. ne
. Bulgaria's terms of peace to
“Turkey, as. reported at Vienna
and sent from that city by the
correspondent of The Daily Tele-
, graph, consist of seven stipula-
tions, as follows:,
L Surrender of the chatalia
| lines and Tarkish army, and its
withdrawal guarded. by. ‘Bul-

os garians.
- 2 Evacuation by the Turks’ of
‘Adrianople, Seutari, Monastir
and Janina, —

The Sultan of Tur-|

| port, | toe
Forty. thousand lives were lost :
‘Turks, Degerters from the army

forces.

-| dispose of the bodies ofthe dead.

4, Surrender of the conquered]
territory. :
6. Internationalization of Con-
stantinople,
6, Opening of the Dardeneiie’
if Making of Saloniki a free

in the engagements preceding
the capture of Monastir. by the
Servians, A majority of. the
Turkish soldiers ‘who survived

the battld fled to the south.
‘A thousand are dying daily of
cholera in the camps of the

are placed with - the: plague-iti-
fected as a punishment, in the
effort to chéck the fast-spreading
disaffection in” the Ottoman

‘In addition to the plagué ‘of
cholera, ‘many are. starving ‘to.
death, ‘No attempt is made to;

Conditions. generally . are appall-

38. Payment. of war indemnity,

ing.

paeTw t! Sala, tut Andie

the present town,
Purchasers:

On and after, next Wed
Tun.

adequate facilities for the,
provided,

Practieally every business concern in Hazelton has con- .

firmed or’ made reservations of lots i in the new business

' center, Omineca street having been decided upon as the

thoroughfare on which they: will locate: -
mands in Vancouver for buginess lots, but these have been
held i in abeyance pending * location af the merchants of

The provincial governinent and the G. T. Py. have. ex-
. tended the deferred payments, on lots already purchased
for practically a year, making a further offer of a. return of -
the first payments to any who are not satisfied.
chasers appear ta be well content’ with : their bargains, as

_ none of them have taken advantage of the offer,

> Train Service Arranged
pesday all passenger and freight
trains are expected. to make. South Hazelton the end of their
The station agent, who. has had his quarters. a mile-
- below South Hazelton, will remove to the station site, and

. Aldous & Murray have received the following
. telegram from Superintendent. Meehan:., os

‘Official order of Railway Commissioners received yes.) -
__terday;. authorizing: train: ‘service | to South Hazelton. .,

' ({Spectal to The Miner) ~

Prince Rupert, Nov, 23:—While
engaged in a practice run early
on Tuesday. morning, the fire de-
“partment's combination hose and.
chemical auto skidded on asteep
grade on: ‘Eighth. avenue and got
beyond: control of the driver.

~ TOILED AND MAINED BY AUTOL

Prince: Rupert's Motor’ Fire ‘Fire Engine Upsets---
- Official Dead, Chief and Fireman Injured

| turning completely upside down.

Alfred Thomas, of the water-
works. department, who was
riding on the machine, was erush-
ed to instant death, . Fire Chief
McDonald sustained a ‘broken
arm, and Fireman Morrison was
thrown-under the car and serious-
ly hurt about the legs.” Thé auto

:The heavy machine toppled over];

itself was badly damaged,

_the edge of the plank. roadway -
and fell. té the ground beneath,

of Alderman Geo, Kerr, ;

Coal Strike Serious

(Spactal ta Tha Miner)
Victoria, Nov. 21: —The strike
of coal- miners at Cumberland
‘ has assumed a serious. phasé and
'. disorder ls feared. In’ conse-
fn quence of the threatening aspect].
eof affaira,. Attorney-general Bow-
_~ 8ér has ordered one hundred con-
‘stables to the scene. The town,
““aa well as the imines, will be

. “thoroughly policed. &.

yO * Castaways Rescued
8 Speoiat'to The'Minery |

- “Vancouver, ‘Nov; - 20:— The
lumber-laden American schooner
FF, K, Wood ” was wrecked in’ a,
storm ‘off the west coast of Van-

be éouver ‘Island. ‘The crew of nine
Was ‘rescued: today by the Cana-
dian’ fisheries ‘cutter William

| ton, which must be conajdered

Big Omineca Assays

Writing from San Diego, Dr.
Ben F. Stanwood - informs | The
Miner. that’ highly satisfactory
‘assays ‘have been received on
ores taken from'the quartz véins
on the various. galena. claims in
thé Omineca - ‘river. district in
which he is associated with Mr.
Greene and others; ~ None ofthe
returns were. less than $100 a

very good for surface. ore, The
Doctor is more, than, ever ‘con-
vinced that the district is a good
one, for quartz as well as for
placer mining. All that i is needed,

he days, is better meang.of trans
portation, Which will, spon.be
provided, ‘ab. the government can
now be. assured of the _ value of

Thomas was the father-in-law

_dolitfe.- fromthe’ small . boat -in |
_.. whieh they had ‘passed: five days!”
.-and “nights. battling -with’ the
fata without sleep and with

, but Itttle ‘food,

To Fly Over Adantis med
'20:— "Claude
» the Enulsha avis re

‘the minétal depoiits,.

are planning - ‘a considerable a-
mount of Mevelopmeiit - ‘work on
7 their * Properties during b pert

“Dr. Stan wood and his: associates

o {under thes’ agreements will: be

i, - Prince Rupéit; Nov. 28:—Chiet |
, Tuatice: ‘Hante

station and other facilities fa

“have ténipiofary aecommodation - arranged there’ -within® Bee
‘few “days, to ‘serve during construction of permanent -

O'Neill & |

will begin on Monday and will

There are de.

‘Well Satished |

The pur-

handii ling ‘of all traffic will’ be .

Wilk;

ind necessary,"”

(HOUSE OF COMMONS OPENS |
~DEFENCE CHEF BUSINES

Redistribution and Tariff Qt Tarif Question Will Give |

Place to Emergency Naval Legislation, Indi-
- cated by Speech from. the Throne--Canada ok
Recognizes Duty. to the Empire as

.{|Canadian participation in naval

" (Bpectal to The Miner)
Ottawa, Nov.‘ 21:—With the
customary elaborate earemony
and display, the Canadian parlia-
‘ment formally began its session
today. In the speech from the
throne, the governor-genera} in-
dicated the more important legis-
lation which will be. Antroduced,

hay

making - special reference to the
ministerial conference with: the
British admiralty and the pros-
pective measure providing for

defence, lis Royal Highness
added that the government was
convinced’ that it was the duty;
of Canada to afford necessary

-The new

and reasonable aid in Imperial
defence and that a bill would be
introduced for that. purpose.

There. was. no mehtion of the
appointment of*a tariff commis-
sion or of redistribution, This
omission is, taken to mean that

neither question will be eon-
sidered before the’ regular session
some two months hence.'.
The governor » general. j¢om-
mented favorably. on > Weatern
Canada and the incidents of his
recent trip, alluding in flattering
terms to the. prosperity “and in-
dustry of the people’ of, the. west,

More Western Senatérs: _
(Spectal to Tha Miner)’ -

Ottawe, Nov. 22:—British Gol!
umbia and the other. western
provinces will each -b e: given
three additional senators, making
six for each province.
members of the senate. ‘have not
yet been named.

New Senators for Nova Scotia
(Special to Phe Miner} -

Ottawa, Nov. 22:—Nathaniel
Curry, a Nova Scotia manufae-
turer, and William Dennis, . pro-
prietor of the Halifax Herald, ,
have. been appointed senators, °

Payments Extended
(S8peclal to The Miner) -

announced by Hon. we R. Ross,
whe said: .

- “Concerming the joint sales by
the government and the G. T. P,
held in- Victoria and Vancouver
last December, I have decided, in
view of the developments sitice| e

| the sales, to give all’ purchasers

of lots the privilege of withdraw-
ing from their: agreements or
proceeding with the agreements,
as ‘they may elect. Each pur-
chaser will’ have twenty days
from .the 22nd instant . within
which to withdraw and surrender
his agreement.and receive a re-
fund of money'paid: Failing to
receive such application ° ‘within
the'period allowed,’ it will be
assumed that the purchaser ‘de-
sires to proceed, and: he will be
required to complete title in ‘ac-
cordance with, the terms of'agree-
ment: or, forfeit . the. payments
made. . “To purchasers who elect

to ‘proceed the government will

rebate.all interest on unpaid bal-
ances to date, so that such inter-
eat will be payable. only from
November 2 to the date of: final
payment,

The time for second payments

extended. to” “ne year from! ‘the
22nd instant and. for third and
final ; “ payinents two and ‘three
years from, that date. ”

Atal in in Rupert .

{evecing ‘to ‘Ths Miner)

rte presiding ‘at
a unt held. in

" Victoria, Nov. 19:-- The gov-
ernment’s position in the matter.

_ Better Terms Commission
Vancouver, November 19:—Sir
Richard McBride is now in. New
York. , He will return, via San

CONSERVATIVES NEW OFFICERS.

Local Organization Has Had Very Successful
_Year-~-Borden and McBride Are Endorsed

of South Hazelton lots was today

Hon. Mr. Bowser:

ence, thé . question

be referred to three
' One of these

Pranvisco, i in a few days.

| the importont announcement that
as a result of the Ottawa confer-

terms for British Columbia would

_ The close of the most suecess-
ful year inthe history of the Ha-
zelton Conservative Association

today made

of better’ ance at the annual meeting, held

in the schoolhouse last night.
The building. was crowded by
members who received. with en-

¢cOmmission-
will be ap-

was marked by a record attend:

was a vote approving the course
of Wm. Manson, M. B.A.

_ The question of erecting Omi- a
neca ‘into. a provincial . constit- -Z
vency was again urged upon the &
attention-of the government and. - &
other resolutions dealing with
the needs of the interior ‘were -

poieted by the province, one by
the Dominion ‘government, and
the third by the Imoerial govern-
ment, The attorney-general ds
confident. that the reault.of the
investigation by this commission
will be the triumph of. the ‘prov-
ince in its endeavor to secure

thusiasm -the reports of the| dealt with,

officers and executive board,

‘The retiring president, A. R.
Macdonald, briefly. ‘outlined the
-business of the’ ‘year, reporting
an effective ‘riembership of 116:
Secretary Walter Noel pre-

better terms.

serve at Point Grey,.i
the provincial
have a larger. site.

to. this, the Ottawa

the university.

ment blocka at Prineé

The federal government has
also given the province more than
two hundred acres of naval re-

university may
In addition

will build a Separate drill hall for
The province has also secured

agrant of the foreshore rights
opposite the, provincial govern-

sented a report showing the as-
sociation to be in: very satisfac.
tory financial condition.
Resolutions expressing confi-
dence in the Conservative gov-
ernments at Ottawa and Victoria
were unanimously passed, as

n order that

.|Hieks Beach; Executive’ Board,

Officers for the enguing year
were chosen as follows: - Hon, ior
President, Sir Richard McBride; . +
Hon. Vice-president, Wm. Man- “4
son; President, BE, H. Hicks Beach;
Vice-president, Wm. H. Larmer;

Corresponding Secretary, Walter.
Noel: Recording Secretary, Chas,

EC. Stephenson, A. R. Mae
donald, G.°O. Graham,: I.S.
Cline, A. V. Johnstone, F. Field,
J.A. Macdonald, R, DeB. Hovell,
R. §&. Sargent.

R.G. Was Host,
On Saturday evening R. G,
| Cunningham, who retains the
kindliest feelings ‘for. the Bur-
viving pioneers of the Omineca,
gave @ dinner. at the. Ominéea
hotel, to “whieh | the. ‘oldeat old-

atithorities

Rupert, .

|: ‘Lloyd George May Quit
- London, Noy. 20: — Although

timers were invited. | The affair
was also a. send-off to. J. h

Christie, ; head”: bookkeeper... for}

CNR. Terminus

. «Special to The Miner)
Victoria, Nov. 22: Hon: Thos,
Taylor, minister of railwaya; has ©
approved the route: map: of the
Canadian Northern, : Placing “the :
terminus of the road at ‘a point °
270 miles from: Vietoria, * 7
Nootka Sound, .

a the trouble in’ the ‘Liberal ‘Yanks
HHS “far “from, fedled, ‘The’ dis:
f affection amongst the ‘bupporters

‘| alleging that Lloyd-Gedres, éhan:- |

the redrafted finaheial” clatises of
the Home Rule bill: passed ‘the
house of. commons ‘in: committee
by a majotity of over &. hitidred,

tata report to be given "gtedleden

Gellor of the: exchequer, . lntends

guests of honor. wea the. veteran |

fees. of the early. ‘days... cs
May, . the Well known pioneer’ TOE. ee
the placer’ riines,:
‘nately iil and ‘tinable “to -attend.
Other guests were J,

Cunningham & Soa, . on the eve;
of his return td headquarters aut |!
Port Essington, One, of. the

Angus’ MeIntosh, who exéhanged [y
with, the - -hoat: tmhany:’ reministen- |
‘James

é.un fortu-; p

Carita,

fy to’ ‘resign hia partial, a

4 ue Mepemb and.