N0T48.     _
May Reopen
S&ems Irhportdnt
way  Commission   Recognize ^City-Alone Should De- : cide "Depot Location.'       .
 corcler at Barkerviile  Denartmpnt of Minfs'  Discovery.,
 George*-.provided
The provirttJjal government is calling; for tenders for the erection of a^twp-rbom and a four-room- school in.this city. Tenders will close on the-6th and 20th of August.xespectively.: v     .
two-robni school  will be Block 238, and fhe four-
was proposed to make the/latter a sixrroom building, theyaaditibn-,
four-room  building/would
the present- requirementspfthe
people heviSyS             /
11 vvas/decided  to/iaceept the departrnent's   ppeposal,  as   the builtfings now-^planned will >dpubt be ample for-botHlfhepub-
lic
 departments,  hih
 ^g        prn, ^t ujWiiig ofVseparate high school eren^jjtyear^ill    iv   th   cit
room0. school on  tilock. 178.
srifd
al  rooms to be used  for schoof purposes^^poir-v^rfre- which  are among the^lui&t;. re-
 give this city exceptional etlucational facilities,
seritatiojis   being   mad*?  W the educational departr^enfc for a sop-
th^MinisteMjf Education agreed High, school'. no)ct year
of a  grovvjiiK
inirnity..  ¦:•;'"         -k...'yy.^/^:-<
Plans of~ tha nj?w~"l3iiikJinjra are now in the liandls of Mr. llernej goverimient agent.   ¦ -;
las Extensive
-Charles Millar Visits   City and
Arranges forJBuildings on .    V    His PropertyJHere/
^ Mr. Charles Millar, of Toronto, spent a few/days in the city this
/week looking "over his property-intbrests here; He vi^ac-companied by Mr. Mcte^nna, a well-known Torontojtpielrnan and a business associate. Mr: Millar. is the largest individual property
^pwnerTTn this city, the Millar portion: of Prince George com-priaing about 200 acres.ir? th
" southeast corner.of the subdi
>e<i area, mqsVof which Js<inside the city^limits.'J Thft^ity taxed on this property _#£gregate over
rdbo.
Besides cifc/property Mr. Mi]> lar's othejnnvestments i^JJrifisli Columbia total over >£ million.. dollars^ He is president and man-
Says German, -    Nation Will 1      NeterjSubmit
Chicago, July 28;—The' Staats. Zeitung, Chicago's German news-paper,>'pririos an editorial on-Pr^isidtent Wilson's- latest rioted it says":: "Germany can rvfver submit to the tone of it&rrtf will, as mucK as we are sorry-for \f, find no oilier jan|.wer than^the breaking ofT:l)f^ipiQmatic rela-
tions.    VV<ydif welKas theuer-man g-oygfrynent, know^fullyiihi t
aginff director of the famous B. IC. E^pr^ss cbmpany, a transportation company with a network
jc»f stage lines throughout Car\-bop and operating river steam-, boateV-The ^.X." system of stage lines is the largest and most
•completeon the continent, ' Purin^his visit here Mr. Millar arranged through Kis local representative, Mr. "£[., H. Wesley, for the"erection of two residences.on
will cost in the neighborhood of $2500 eficji ajid,, will- b,e thoroughly modern in every: particular. The.plans are how ;fn tthe hands ofvthecontractors, . \1 ^\,. ; ;Millar is ix\ enthusiastic
 Muter r orall
 a  ki
foUomer orall kinds of sport.^rd
his stringvof^ tWdroiughbrfeds in \hli     h
 n^ clude some p|\hie(cljis%siest horses,
'-.¦•' in CahadaX Last „
ran first and\seco\d in\tne Plate handicap    atv  Woodbine, an accomplishment never equal-
\ .;led  in  the history of Canada!s
.__l_cjassic_racingevent.  :JVithafew.
V-, associates 'Mr.   Millar .owns  a
mod
race  track   in   Jamaica
whejre|races'are Jield throughout
the wthte'r season.
I A^icultural r^ 'r .~J      Exhibitipju
? the different.- committees: in ^charge of the Fort Georff<? Agricultural EJxhibitian^are :working harmoniously and with a will? Prize lists are now.1 beihjr<> prepared to cover the^many di ft'yp; ent exhibits in. apricul!.ure, fruity livestock, poultry, ami ; su;tiq]es of local and ^jpmeatjc tn'anufac-ture; In addition ¦tp;::the^|pris!t?s. for agricultural ^products, if ifejod list of .racing, and/ compt'ti^jye events is baing1 prepared, and there will be entei'tajriiTnent af plentyfor the mos^yaried tastes. September_a4; ami 15 are the dates^ji^ake a note get
with^stich aVtep she fujiils rot p                    j^ th ie gaver rYnent
but also thaT o¥ Englarid, and will create a very painful situa\ tio.n for. German-Americans.
"The note shows the President will-break with Germany at all .hsMfrds^ lie.should first ask the peopje- of the United States^-rf they are satiated to be d
to war. . The Jjpte of the republic?   We
many will not blame the people for. "the present f governroent's action.-'*                '¦
Latest U.S. Note
is Emphatic:
Waslu pgLon, J uly 24.--The tex t of the American   note bo sub-
marine   warfare,
at Ambassador
her.ejpnight'.
It;reveals thatNth'e.imperial govern me ii t has be\n in formed
iKis the iiitentibn of the United States |cf regardVas..'.' 'deliberately unfriendly1' any repetitiionvby t&e commanclers of German}\iiaval vesselsW acts in ,contriive\jtion. o.f American rights.
The.- Uiirted; States announced
that it. continued to contend- for the freedom of the seas., "from ¦whatever q uai'ter violated, wifh-bqt coirfprorriseand at any cost*" In-official and diplomatic qusir^ ters!r the. cohimuijicktibn was received as the strongest ancLlmost emphiitic pronouncement that h^as comevlVom the Washington government since the beginning of its cori'espondence with the bt'|jig.er,ents of Jlurope.      ^
u     y, .    '       * >- ..._____' ¦¦'     "__________¦                               ;¦•.-..
 24th.—Reports
which  have department
reached
of   the
the mines Provincial
Government suprcrest that there may be solid Imsfs for.therepo'rts frbtn Prince George thatAhere haslieen a .rich   strike of nlacer
George low nsite question which was referred in afi order by the lizard of railway commissioners for enforcement to'the Exche-¦ Court   recently,   is   again
¦ Petrogrady JijI/29.-Invthe gigantjp^truggle now being waged on the Ri)ss'iari\front uor^ecisiye^result has beeu attained by either side. In the Lubli,jr^regibn ^le^Austro-Germans, checked or|thrown back in one dmxfUon, ar^^nuiking fresh attempts in anpther, but have failed/80 far to reiich the railroad.                                     .    ,xr
F.
 east of. Bark erfdle.    Mr. Rj^de|1'  tl?e  consicleration'of thp  Tolmie, ¦ fkpt{ty'"mimster   of ¦o.QSjrdv'" The orderi
 re-
mires, .'yesterday   r^coived   t)ip board, on  Deceinhe     ty follow incr^teloarram^ from   Gold;j quired tlialthe sta.tipn^be. located'  i              t[   ji       p^)
 aiyf Ash  ^/bdanl;
.Coirunissionor Grain at Barker- 'it;t[ie junction opT)ak viirp;; ..  -  /  .       ¦    '.                    -  !>U-oels.
'•¦So'i'iVewhiat of a discftvory made   on
Many powers-of-attorne.V/are/lw-; ingrecorded' and. locators are^ex-4^°Uened/L>ef:pre the cotmvnssion-pected to arrive shortly4o rec(*Jdf frs' S    .            /^ "
The.jnip'shows tnat the ,lp<*ali>y j ^resolution ^/received from
tne -council -of £he. municipality
is in the Quesnel for which 150-Mile office. Barkervil accessible. Q&n ments bexniade m^"m6d hre
 ivisiVjp  corp^ifipr
 ^is mucl
 ^ arrange at locators
r. reply was
,.»*, rv...^ /^..firmed, would riot yjnj-j; appointment as/deputy re-copdier'ipr Quesn^Fdivision meet tni^convenionce' of locators for preserit. «> .We might also appoint another deputy at the Fork sof Quesmei''        -.     "   _    , -f
The alleged find 'is'.at" a point along1 the old line ^of travel and Between ' Keithl«>.v   and   Ajitler:
Creeks.   Unofficial, reportaj^tate that some '-nuggets                   f
ranging from S8 to $12CHrvalue;'
monjfedrii July'26.—It is the
./C-. ~t
mten tiorr of the temperarice a church organizatioiisto thoroughly disciiss the question of a sub-;J^«tit5ite<Tprlhe bar.   JiiHt as the
ba»\s Have been a factor in the SQcial rel axation_o f-a-larpe—n u m -person's.jvvno have developed few otlien social resoiirces, so will the substituted.refi^eshmont place of the future.
It' is too earl Y yet toldj scuss^ the question as to what will happen to the hotels of the province, although if is a'dmittedithat thostT which have been built v-up olia purelj "bar": fpundation \vi 11 [lave ^q clb'&e^h^ir doors. It is thoughtt,~howeverrthat the better class hotels wil.1 remain, provided the question of abhori^al-leases can" be^adjukt&dr Many hotel nen claim .that leases were swollen out of al 1 proportion because of the bar atfc^xihed to the hotel and: suggest that\he goYeriimen t should step in. if \xhe lessors w i 11 • not agree, ;toi a red0;et|pn. \  - -^~
q2 Prince (jjeorge advocating tha^. the station lie locate_d at the torn, oi fleorge Street..'This resolution \\^as.passed by a vote ofof 4 to 1 of the council,.-th^.mayor dis-seritirig! LateiM;}ie resolution xvas again passed by a similar vote rdteratir>jrthe demand; the mayor continuing.to.dissent.
Axfew days ago a statement s\-a4^filed, with the. board to the (ift-^tft that out of 184 registered' p.rojjef'ty owners: of Ihcstowh 115' liadjji^ned a petiUfxirin. favor of and seven rtr~Thirty_ and   24
; -The A-rchduke^s-'fToops, in trjeir advance from Chodel to Bielzico, 15 rorles south|west of Lubllni "are sugering .from . heavy ^Russian ^olfnter-attac^s, while Gene'ral. Mack.ensen^ after fierce fighting on the broa'd front south, of Cholm, has succeeded" in moving his right a little further to the north along the Bug1 from Grubechow.    n    ' • ^Loiuion. July 28.'-Though the -Gnr-^^t'jW10 vfi'om.; Germany  for huild-iniari's now hold a'R'rent.sKiie'from 't.iia|I^V.I^1i(^Were found to be hgllow (lulfof Rica, swooping soutliwostwrml. ""^/S^!1   with  "hell. cases    for    the-around Wursaw, (hoiu^cjicirciiue tho tii'r.maiK ho\vitzo>s.    All";-have   been dtyTTml stretdvihg uVay to  l.hc rJ:i-j.sli°PPe(1 lil'inh fronlinr, no.'iiv Sokfll,- it. ia" (>sti-r     ^ liiiUed 'they   hay^lost   r,0O,O(M . moil, jji'i'haps iti(»re/'iirTI;HS,  the .most, iiin-hitioi|s .moy«miprff of the war. ami the Russian fro*iv'is..,hot vet broken.         . ,     ...           T . - „,_     ,„,  ,
,On the"Narow rive'r. north   pf   the"    ^f?^Iy^fc?f^ MB Poli.K^Hal,   the   Russians    Kave Pjdto^Q.prot^of Greece aga.nst /','      '-;•>!¦         I          j.    '  ¦ /         idle ill-treatment of Greeks in Otto-
made a  stulilmrn show of resistance^                    Xx            .              "r,""
ill-       n. ,j   «.     i. ,          ¦ nj>;T   ¦   nian  tevcitory,  by   statme;   that   the
holdiiiK'  I'lekl   Marshal   von^HTnden- ..    <,yf.   >/•~ _      ,     »         „,      ¦        ¦   ¦ ,-        -. ¦  '.,   A-'.    i   .        .       , ' ,'      expulsion or Greeks from Turkey is burcf ,for -the   time  beinc-   in    check,      .    ,_/       ....                      .   ;  ,:-.-.
w.hilc to the south t\fC combined Aus ! fM j ffM meas»™ >uken  %
tro-flerman forces slru^ling to S6i&H Saf°^ f 'hc em^re;    ' T^e W*f
I is   unsatisfactory.    Diplomatic   rela—-
Jja
eS  u refused  to
 sig
were absent from the town. The petition  was sent and is now on^
In view of. r'the expression ^Jf opinion by the council anThrate^ payers 'in favor of the (^orge Street- aite, it is veryvprobab-le' that th*i - board'.wiIb-re-open the casfir. v ' ,//¦ X ¦ Itis recogii.lzt;d that the munic-ipality'fehj^ld have> more say in th el oca-do n—df^he—sltatio n^ than tot-holders ¦ tow i). sent from the city.
An Upper Fraser Indus
^<%r\ in terestin«- itern concerninj,r the development of the lumber industry in. the northern inferior is reported from Tete Jaune. The Northern, Cohstmction Co.,-AvJiich cj^rstructed a\irf(lj pii the Upper
000 -fleet of. spru'ee lumber to Edmonton." rjThe prb^ince realised, the sumvpf 85,500;ii^ royalties and stumpage from this shipment. •
Turkish Reply to Greece
Is Unsatisfactory
the  LulVlin-Cho]ni, railway have1 been
tions may-be broken!
X
Not Being Considered
for, days oh the threshold of success without being, able to "actually* achieve
their goal.   Fighting on this lattoi- Conscription in Canada
front has been r.ehewod with great i'"-ierisity and t!ie Teutons claim to have improved their position oti the .ex-tremh .ri.trht, which is renting on the-Du??i'ivor.                         v          ,  /.  .
Immediately west of Warsavv/ciorii-panitive quiet prevails niid i^/is along the Lublin-Cholm seL'tioo/pr-  in,the
Narew river region tha-tT it is beliewd-j,,      ^,           ,,            ,    .        , , .
a crisis will be' reaZd..'. Which .one !^the ?^»">e^: ol< ^^ *°r of-thcae' forts isXthe greater straff ^'^s ^rvjee is proceeduig satis-tegic i^5fffir§»Lon&n critics jJZ^rdy\    U° ^e*P»\^    one / not airreejt&i this is irrelevap?as a/1" Cana(la .^ouldrbeforced to go^io •
Ottava, J ii ly-28.^-lWT. Chase E.
posfmas^r   general^, this   -morning' ¦disafarc^thlxt'the qifestion of conscription Jaffa not beerr considered nent anjp that it is not Mr. ( enrollment'
<->             s*.                 -,u       s:-\ i •¦•-, i. -i the war, but a privileged class^ould'
Gernian^victory oiv-either c>ffe doubt-  .         ¦••:•     ,  ., '        ,     •.¦¦-* J^^^r
v   ¦   }r- ,,   -       ¦..,     f yy/e ;,,             'be made of those who devote^them-
less>\voiil(l mean the .fair of Warsaw, i   -,-•¦¦    ,    4,    -   .    ,.   .   >-,£-,>-:
selves-to the s.alvation oi-^their coun-
l.ondon, July 28^The Daily Tele-jtiy'" "             ..'-~Z-^-<-'¦'¦     —
graph's     ^Petrograd      correspondent! ^aysi   "Evidently even  the fate of a j jjrbsvt" city  lik«; -Warsnw fjlays  only  a! smallv.ipart in. the strategy of Duke "Nicliolas.    Military hold, that a fprhiuj,htv niuiili .elapse fore there is a do finite issiie
 &
Train For the First Time.
William Boucher, of Quesnel, one of the real old-timers of Car-
the  fate- of^Warsaw  ui\the giivantu; this
 U)O0,
the^vveek :n the
 j             \            oityx'riiough "^y_4j
 iniportance is nithche-l | fathei^and wel| fon in y  of H.ej.niall^eiuchjnent^W^^
eWe^^vraiJv,-ay  train: ^for the
of mis ht&ininp;-a' lloutnuiu   un ¦. n ¦      .       ^.v        , ,    ,\-   ..-•        ;..-•,•:
bank of the-Narew.   before j fil'st time- this-^veek, having made '
they become a reaf menace to Warsaw . the 100-mile   drfve iroili   the old V,
they-: must fight their way through 'Cariboo for "'that sole -purpose. miles of woody and marshy country.; fljs  feelings,   vvere^ divided -be-
*' M {*i\ 11 \\r\\ I IP      1II      t ll(* i I*** '"Wl V1! M('P         f liP  ' '*'           -'-'     '."'    -------c         '               i       •**»     ^v     a              ¦   %
*»j ^ c«i • " "VV;    hi     iiihi ^  uui uin.V'         i nv.  ¦ 4- .|« |3^j»-| .   n tyio r/fit 11 (1II r     1 f I if*t t'AQr     £1 til 1
Germans find  the eounlr'v devastated i,.-              '   ,       . .     '-.'¦.-•  . /^^\-. .   ,
1|y  the   Russians  as   when   Nanoleon   U>ar-   aS   the   bl-^   mogllf engine
iidva.K-e-u "on Masco w.'  Almul-  they j ha'uling Tuesday evening's  expressi whizzed-into the depot.    "^: ! "Billy"! Voucher is an in.teres-ting character in the.-:.earhr<r'hi3«-:. toi^'df. CariboOi and was apone. time   coachiman   to
are beginniiyyto feel the pinch.1--   Gol.  V                          h
Schuiiisky  belieVoa  it   .likely will repeat itself.". ;. Daily \News  '
 history
pondent telegraphs:- "At 'every Jjoi'iit-
REVOLUTIONIZING SUBMARINE WARFARE.
,,''Wire irie after you have en-;tt.'d, and I'lLfiirhisjv you. vvith ri'st and b?»st machine'
.to be ftiuTtrl  in; Caiiiwlji."   rJ'hia jvis^th'e^portirig;dfTer-firnad'e.to.'-W.r. ! VV: "F. Cooko, ii' VA'&iBhiown local j merchant and a:yeterah of-tlie South, African  waiv by Mr, ;C. MSIlar, r-the^Toroi)to millioiiajr^P* his vis)t here-tlus^w,e.e fc. oke states that If he^can. , his  business .affairs to Slldw of his *aj»senc^ at the front, ' wilIi take pleaaure
-JUarghalVpn Ma'cker(&e_ii'H n'vin'y ;' T|-(Mn~7i -lay-k:-of Reserves,' while the ¦Kiissiaiv"i:eii\l'orcemjerils are steadily arriving. General Ruzsky^liiVs issued Ojii appea'l to\the Petrograd, through tWu. press; to vvaid 'thii'^vork on. anhH'.a'iar^irfRiiA stions."
Sv ^st'-goyernor pf British
bi          ^1\
Bucharest. %ily. ^8.—Rene/veil efforts are-being made by'Gormaiby to induce RoiimiVnia to pormii the pas-» sage of arms to-'r/i-y^key. ."The Roumanian' govui'iuxiont continue.^ -sucr. cessfuliy: an'tl-enprgfctk'ally to' "prevent all arms fiQin Gerraauy. and Austria intended » for Turkey ;Aand else\\'lu;i:e from passing1 tliroiigh Roumanian territory. ¦  ;"   -  -         ,¦          '•;r~^j   ..-
¦In addition-.to'Ljii! Ktopping of dou-v ble¦'.pu^titiont^.^.wagons,- ; the R<juiiiiv* man>'iipthi»i'ities have' lately confi^cii--' ted-trains withN.what was represented to be biiir\>hs'--ol' Munich beer,-which exuniinution \yere found to contain ainnrjmitibn. Large consignments of liloclSs of cernQ-ut..coiisJgneiH-to' Con-
-; Bylaws \Will Be        x Voted on August 14th.
!To h
iV'
se the suii| of $150; fokth4 installation of\.pupl«rutil-
... ¦.*_ \;-. ¦"».¦.*'   ¦ • ¦•-.V    •¦¦¦¦¦\';'_      >^~_'xl'"\.\    '
ities^and civic imp£pvements, the ratepayers. wilHSe asked on August i 4f^ to; pass three»>l^y]aws authorizing, the" foU^ingl^ejc • penditures :^            '"I    '
City Hall!: $10;0_00rstreet_grad. ing and improvements, $15;000; electric light and power plant. $15,000; waier system; $80,000.
The telegraph fate between Whitehdrse' and Skagway, has been reduced from $1 to 50 for-10 words.       .   i     \^
..Sinee the^dventloijhe^disapp^ariBgr-g^   which raises Qp-tfn the deckof tne submarinei1!)^ ^at^ augmented; ^
iel^M'botobardthem While travelingon tye^i^eV ;^^;: :   v
WILL tUlLD WAGON ROAD SOUTH 6
%»•
TheNijkko;' 'Swarhp_Jiani|. Ness j lai^ev^istrict, and upon their district, abo^t 2()\inileji>reprcsentations.several new set-n"6rtheast~of- this .^TCyT*'wjlkfbe tlements in the country surrourid-jdined up with tl\qiJ^M^f Lake J in'ir Pi;ince tieorge have been riv« wagon road, bv^ir^anch road j eh, wagon: road facilities^ > running sqyirft^str TftisHnform- C^^i^J^iijt^afi&i&i
fjfoiiirr Geprger"Snelli government
Hamilton, the(^en»er|va3tive(nominee for o this district, and^Mr.
 ist^ther isettlers-tif -this
the J^Ukko Lake"and surroundifig districts-have jlorciited there dur-, inff the. palf two* yearsrr;-.Haiiy of them have considerable areas under cultivation and the new
inent-tTiereJ