~~ VOL, E-NO,-82"-

. SENATE KILLS |.
HIGHWAY BILL

- Liberal: Majority in Upper Father of Waters. a)

-assistance being: given the various
provinces in the ‘building’ of main]

_ the measures passed -by. the lower
house. .

_ the close of the session,

_been under control of the Inland

“death of* the late. Hon. “Thos.
_ Greenway.
_ western Yepresentative- on the

ereated by the appointment,

' grant increased aid to - drydocks

BS “passed, -
_ «capital cost. on which the country
* . may pay interest from $4,000, 000

would make it necessaiy.’ ‘to. con-
on the Pacific coast “drydocks .a
_ thousand feet long. The/need at
: Quebec ' was urgent. : :

|. feet wide and’ 47 :feet- deep,’
_ There is no dock of such difen-
’ sions in thé United States. . Hel ay
stated that no application” ‘fora wp
subsidy: was before ithe: govern a

. HAZELION, B. C.: SATURDAY, APRIL 6; 1912

. House: Slaughters Impor-

tant Measures of Commons |.”

‘ean ENDED SATURDAY).

Foster Slates Liberal Senators for Dis-
. regarding Wishes of People—Depart.

_ manent, of Mines Becomes Branch of

- Inforior—Goodeve's Apfiointment

Ottawa, Api ril 1; As expected,

7 the first session of the twelfth
- parliament: prorogued: on Satur-
day. As:the, ‘initial ‘session ° “of to. date is to be reckoned “in
the new Conservative regime,
it was of unusual intereSt,..while governments are hurrying aid to.
much important legislation was the afflicted in- various parts of
dealt with. The ‘house’ ‘gat’ for

143 days and” passed - Big bills.

The-old gentlemen of ‘the ‘ senate
° signalized the close of the session

by killing. ‘fotr! bi eh
passed in the Tower house,
of these was the highways. bill,
a. measure providing . for: ‘federal

roads, The. “eost’. to’ British
Columbia of: the - defeat of: this
measure-is $54,000, that. being
the sum allotted to the. western

province . by. the ill-fated bill. |-
Hon, George Foster, ¢ommenting |
on the fate of the highways bill|
. and other measures, grilled the]:

Laurier. Liberal majority 4 ‘in the
senate for lightly ignoring: ‘the
will of the people'as expressed in

-Departmental changes mark
. the de-
partment of mines, which, since
its establishment recently, has

revenue department, is now.made
a branch of ‘the department. of
the interior, under Hon. Robert
Rogers,

A. &. Goodeve; ‘the. ‘Kootenay
member, has been . appoitited.to
the vacancy.on the board of ' rail-
way commissioners caused by the:

Gondeve' will be the
commission, . No date has as yet

been set for the by-election in
Kootenay to fill. the. vacancy

To Subsidize Drydocks oo

Ottawa, April 2:—In the House
of Commons Mr. Monk's bill to

.- It. inereases the

to $5,000,000. - ‘To avquestion by
Mr. ‘Pugsley,. My. Monk said that
no special. enterprige 1 wasin view,

He believed that before long the
opening. of the Panama Canal

. “He taid: Stress on. the ne

' antipicating future. developments .
_and‘ mentioned the type of dock |,
which ‘was : under. consideration? |

which’ was 1160. feet: long, 116

thich had};
One kansas, -

| covering several miles of placer

JA large hydraulic plant will be

"No Onpostion Leader a

~ Victoria: Parker ‘Williams,
Neweastle Socialist - member,
‘says the two opposition members

will each Lid a lone. hand,

Spreads Destraction|

Cairo, Ih; ‘April 4: —-Missisefppi
river floods have’ done great}
damage during the last four days| ::
in eight states.
people are homeless through the
destruction of their houses, while
eisht thousand more have. fled
from |” their’ flood - threatened
homes, A dozen are’ ‘Anown to
be drowned. The property loss

millions. The state and federal

the « Mississippi | valley. . Nine
thousand ‘acres chere,. including
the ‘manufacturing. section of].
Gairo, are under water. Similar
reports come from a dozen towns
in Missouri, ‘Kentucky and “Ar

ANOTHER BIG PLANT.
_ FOR OMINECA CAMP

Vancouver ‘Corporation Will
_. Develop Placer Ground. on
Germanton Creek this Year’:

— us “tSpectat to ‘The Miner)"
' Vancotiver, April 3:—It_ is ‘ane
nounced - ‘here that’ the. Royal
Standard Investment. ‘Co, of
Vancouver, has acquired. leases

ground on Germansen creek, from
its junction with the Omineca
river, and is about to comménce
active operations for the recovery
of gold from the gravels. ‘Drills
have artived .in Vancouver for
shipment to the leases, vie Hazel-
ton, and as soon'as the prelimin-
ary borings ‘are made a -dredge
will be installed on the ground.

operated © this. - summer.’ — This
plant has’ an average capacity ‘of
2,500 cubie yards of gravel every
twenty-four hours, An’ expert |
has examined . the = company’ )
holdings and has sent i in a highly
favorable report, indicating: that |:

.| the Omineca placers. The deputy
mining: recorder for the Manson
Creek district, in 2 letter to the
company; says it has ten miles of
first-class ground known to carry
pay. “Iti ‘is stated. the: company
has refused’ one’. million’ dollars
for its holdings. -R.. D,. Feather-
stonhaugh, who installed the first
hydraulic plant in Atlin six years
ago, is to superintend ' thie:.com-|.
pany’s operations, and will leave
for Hazelton in June, with | his
outfit, He expects to have. the
plant j in operation by July 15. !

: -Athletie. Association _
A general meeting of the Haz-
| Athletic Association will: ‘be
Id.in the reading room, over
alia’ on. Tage evening! next

Seven thousand - i

vast.wealth is to be taken out of].

a the: near future.

Jnait | Tine of the system at Kam-|*

~ RAILROAD

“Strike at Behest of

: “(Special ‘to Tha Miner)’ |:
Yale, April 4: :—On Saturday ¢ a
strike involving nearly’ Bix thou.
sand laborers’ and- graders’ em:
ployed on: Canadian - Norther
construction between Hope and
Kamloops, - was - instituted, the
men, who aré chiefly. foreigners
from Europe, demanding higher
pay and shorter hours. It is fully.
expected .that the. trouble’ will.
reach & peaceful settlement with-
in a few days. The statement is
made that the Industrial Workers
of the World, .which organized,
the strike onthe C..N. R. heré,.
is endeavoring to carry disaffet
“| tion to the camps of the G.T, PB,
as well ag to the: C. N.R: on
Vancouver Island. The I. W. W;.
in Edmonton-i is seeking to stop
work onthe British Colurnbia

as on the prairies, |

‘The. men “here are asking. gl vig
minimuith ‘wage of three ° dollars, |
anda nine hour day. They have]:
been: -recéiving from $2.50 to $8.25
for a ten hour day. * ‘Half a dozen

aun WOULDSTOPALL

Laborers and Graders on C: ‘on Canadian “Norther

To: Organize ‘Workers’ on Grand. Trunk
-Pacife i in British. Columbia

; gone over the border.

‘tated here ‘today that several

| have received letters threateuing
subcontractors are affected by the use of dynamite to blow them
the strike. They declare they /upifthe demands ‘of the I. W.
will resist the demands to the Ww. are not- complied with,

AD. CONSTRUCTION

IW. W.--Will Try)

‘fend. No other part of the CG. N.
R, is yet involved. we
Strikers Leave Country
- Vancouver, April 4: -=peveral
hindred’ strikers from: the 0. N.
R. have. reached here, ‘All ap-
parently had money: to pay their
way. Many of the men have

The best
of order prevails along “the: line
of. construction from Hope. te
Kamloops, owing. to the presence
of the provincial police and the
rigid enforcement of the - liquor
law. The statement that one of
the reasons for the strike was a
lack of sanitation in the camps
is denied.

Sir William Mackenzie, in To-
ronto today, said he would let
the men strike until they were
sick of it. He maintained that
only a small’ part of the line was
affected and ‘the delay of.a few

sections of the G.. T, P. “a8 ‘well weeks would not be serious, The|.

“| gub-contractors’ ‘take: ‘the game
view. ,

~ Dynamite: ‘Threatened
Vancouver, April. 4—It | ig

Canadian Northern contractors

"To Use Coal Underground

olutionize the coal: mining busi-
iness of the ‘world, has been |.
launched by Sir William Ramaay, |:

bowels of the earth.

uted: fr ‘on there, 5

‘Perth; West Australia, April 3:

British steamer. Koombana, 180}, :
in all, were . drowned in. the

ing a typhoon,

‘New C. P. R Line
- Winnipeg, April 3:—The policy | .

‘from ‘Red Deer, ‘Alberta, inte |".
-British.. Columbia, joining the

New. York, April 2: — A pro-|
posal which if adopted would rev-| Atlantic freight rates are to be
‘heavily increased as a result of
the . British and German coal

the noted English scientist. He|Strikes.
suggests: that much of: the ex- despatches, a
‘pense of coal mining and handling Hamburg and Bremen shipping
might be avoided if the coal were interests decided to increase the
turned into gas in retorts in the|¢arrying charges 10 per cent to
The gas|distant ports.and 15 per cent
thua gerieraled could either be|for coasting service,
distributed by pipe lines, or used vance is to cover. the increased
at. the. pit head for producing |¢dst of coal, and will continue in
electricity which could be distrib-|foree until fuel ‘is. again obtain-
able at normal prices,

o ~. Many Lost: In Wreck’ *

The passengers and crew off the| tor Rodgers, : the first airman to
‘fy’ acrass the continent, was

killed today at Long’ Beach,

‘Ocean Freights “Affected. -
New York, April 2:— Trans-

According to Berlin
conference of

This ad-

Reckless Aviator Killed
‘San’ Francisco, April 3:—Avia-

of the union.

result unless an early settlement
of the trouble is arranged. ‘Re.
presentatives of the unionists will
meet the operators’ committee in
conference on the tenth of April,

when it is hoped the resumption
of work will be arranged,

manager of the Hudson's’ Bay

Motor to. Ballley
Wi. “Wiggs” O'Neilis s bring-

ing a seven- -passenger touring car
to Hazelton, for use on: the

Hazelton-Bulkley Valley mun. |

INN ANSWER
“TO GERMANY

British Coal Miners

40,000 in favor of continuing the
atrike. Four hundred thousand}
ballots were cast.

Taylor Too Speedy
- (Special to The Minar)
Vietoria, April 5:—Hon. Thos.
Taylor, minister of works; ‘pop-
ularly known as “Good Roads”
Taylor, was today fined for ex-

fine for the offence of speeding.
Hon, Dr: Young; -the. provincial
secretary, was a passenger in

car, | - ee

AMERICAN COAL MINERS
START A. BIG- STRIKE

Pennsylvania Mine. Workers,
. To Number of Half a Mil-

threatened * strike of American
coal miners has-been inaugurated,
and at present appears likely to
rival in seriousness -the great
strike in Great Britain, - Nearly
half a-million men are out today,
and large accessions to the.ranks

within the next few-days. Many
of the unions which have gone
out. have declared against any
compromise, announcing that
they. will not accept even the
required inerease of ten per dent.
in wages unless the operators
also grant them full recognition
Grave fears are
entertained that paralysis of
transportation and industry will

HL B. C. Steamer Plans
Early next week, J. C. Boyd,

Vote to Remain Out}. |
London, April 4:—The Fadera. i AS A RECORD SURPLUS: -_

-|tion has advised the striking’ coal
‘| miners throughout Great Britain ||, ‘Large Excess of Revenue Over Expendi”
to resume work, although the}.
{vote recently taken -b y -the
'|strikers’ showed a majority of

» Tion, Have Stopped, Work the last fiscil year.

_-Philadelphia, Pai ‘Apa 5: ~The to devote the huge sirpltis

of the. strikera are expected] .

through his planes failing to
‘wrecking of ‘the vessel of the work when he encountered a
northwest coast of Australia dur- flock of gulls during a reckless

exhibition of flying. ‘Simpson store
7 im ,

. “First Football Game.’

Although the athletic grounds
‘of expansion adopted by the Can-/are still soft, a football game
adian Pacific. provides for a vast, was played yesterday between
prograin of railway ‘building in teams - representing the upper
‘One of the} and lower sections of the town.

principal features of the new plan| the latter won the match, by two
of extension is a through line goals to none... ;

{effect that another coal strike in
thé’ Crow's: Nest. mines is pro
of| bable.: ‘It'is reported the miners of 160. Jitiles.: ‘The,
(are considering: thé. inauguration

| of: a general strike on n May 1. Pode

Bernie Miners: ‘May Strike e,

of that river. - ‘She will connect
+ Advicés from Fernie are to the at Wravigel with the,coast steari-|
ers and go’as far up“ the “Stikine|!

as. Telegraph | Greek; a “digtaneé |

store here, will leave for: Port
Simpson, to arrange for the dis-
tribution among the H.. B.C.
posts of the stock of the Port
which is to be
discontinued. The steamer Part
Simpson will bring a full’ cargo
of goods up the river as scon’as
navigation opens, and. is expected
to remain onthe Skeena during
the early part of the season at
least. It is probable the boat
will make one or two trips.onthe
Stikine during the. ‘summer, ‘to
carry hunting ‘parties to the big
‘| game country on the headwaters

through the tepid, as.

ne fewer shallows, “though | w
re is plenty’ of | ‘excitement int
J Warping’: . “over the. Fiffles

Great Britain Devotes Thirty: : :
T--two - Million Dollars © to-

Emergency Naval Fund

Announcement of Her Program .

London, April 2:—The British

as showing the. largest: ‘surplus
in the history of the empire, The
chancellor of. the exchequer’, re-

great eoal strike,, which has had:

such a paralyzing effect upon the.
"/ trade and commerce of thenation
‘| that the general loss has already

been: greater’ ‘than’ might have

foreign eoutitry.
The estimated expenditures for;
the fiscal ' ‘year.of 1912-13 total.

of $39,000,000 over the total for -
‘The: ‘government... haa. "

creation of a naval emergency”
fund.
favored, being regarded as a
dramatic and fitting reply’ to
Germany’s announcement-of her
new naval “program, which has
been widely discussed,

Germany's Big Plans: ~~
- Berlin, April: 2;—The estab- «
lishment. of two additional. corps’.
for the Prussian army, increases

armies, and the establishment’ of -
an extra naval battle ‘Squadron, _
is Germany’s answer to the recent
speech of Winston Spencer

new army and naval bills.

Details of the measures appear -
in the Nord Deutsche Allgemeine
Zeitung. For the extra battle

ships and - two cruisers-are to be -

in 1913, - and $28,500,000 yearly,
after that,

. The personnel of the navy will
be increased by 75 officers and-
1,600 men annually until: 1920, -
over and abovethe increases pro-
vided for in the existing naval
law. The bill provides for an

several dirigible balloons,

the peace footing by | 29,000.
They include the creation of two.
field artillery regiments,’

‘Prussian. infantry regiment, four-
‘teen additional “third: “battalions -
to. bring” 1p’ the: ‘atrength of-all -

ture—Entire Sum Placed in Reserve .
‘Fer Defence as Reply to Germany's. ©

budget, presented in the house
lof commons today, i is ‘remarkable

ports an excess of revenue over ©
expenditure of $32,000,000, The.
ceeding the speed limit in his/surpius, it is estimated, would |
automobile, “It was his second/haye amounted to nearly $35,-
000,000 ‘had it not been for the

$984, 000,000; ‘ being an increase. —

Its action is generally

in the Saxon and Bavarian: :

Churchill, given by. the submis: ~
sion to the federal council of the

squadron three additional battle. =: i

_ feonstrueted before 1920. ..The.
_ estimated additional . annual cost
" -. fis $24,250,000 in 1912, $81,750,000 .

increase in submarines and for |

' The army reforms will increase

one»
Saxon: cavalry : regiment, one:

‘regiments from’ ‘twa’ to thie | bat” a
talions,. and. the: maa. Of,