Prince George Citizen
YolXNoJ^ PRINCE GEORGE, B.C., TUESDAY, DECEMBER^?, 1918 "^ ^ Five Cents
m A HIiod Cnnferenrt* u; s- soldiers may mjiuiiea \sonrerence RETAIN TriEiR uniform
� 1$ FOStpOned ' (Special to the* Citizen.) <
� .;-, -'.- �::. �,- ... ,v,, '-;�;..,. ' �. �- ' Washington, Dec. 17.�A bill
� (Special to thdCiti&en).? | permitting all who have served
� pjiVis, Dec.. 1.6;-�Thereassembl-1 the xplors to retain, their'��unifopnif Bini;' bf the inter-Allied conference! was passed today by tli'e/house H\v;u^ppstponed from today until a and sent to the senate.--^ Kh.te to be set in January owing. A record winter>viieat crop in �10 the inability of Premier Lloyd the United Stat^is predicted to �Ui'orge and Mr. Balfour to attend, j be larger by>e1ghty million bu�.h< Bi'-rcsicl-ciit Wilson, �therefore gets els than the best previous yields
Bm? Mt>uortunity to visit the battle- . -^ ~-------------�y /
�ficld.UiTchhas accepted the invita-j>^A^D FOR SOLDIERS.
� �'< i] nf King Ckorge to visit Lon-,; v^��� t^ ~ m,/
� &. - / 11 /-Victoria, Dec. 17.�The provm-
I The Armistice term hasten ex-:cial government hasten-over �fa^l until Jamiarr^th, the %fonle f2'0�. acres of land lor re" �Allies reserviri-the^ight to oc-i turned soldiers. �
�cujjy the neutral zone on the right' v- - . .
�bahk-o/ tKRhine. , Want Investigation
� ^i/roident"Wilson has declared.; - _ . """r\ 1 1 Krtififfly' for a "league of n-ations, k Or LlQUCfr OCandal,
�vhk-li, he says, must be establish- -. ^S
�ci"to secure the happiness .and] : (Sp^l to the Citizen.) �jjitispcrity of the Avo'rld. ... I .. > _. , ., ;'���.
I � : � .:.���� -�" ! Vancouver, Dec; 17.�A lull in-;
I-atiotptam���cvVrrTTTTONS ! (iniry into the British Columbia
� n JSTRIAN EXECUTIONS^ , ]j(|iiu.. scan(Ial ;i^ bcing- urged bv
I Special to the Citlzeii^^, I John Nelson, president of-"thc^ I \nistcrdam, Dec. 16.�Accord- \ people's Prohibition Party /|nd. �in- to-a Berlin despatch, 11,400 I ^mier C>liveT has beeivasked to: �iktsous were, sentenced to. death ^t alter the higher^ips. ; � I;::,!; executed .in Austria during WANT ALLIES IN BERLIN !
� -�. war by Austrian tribunals,; ; . TO quiet "REDS" �^J'h'c Si)ar.tacus group, according, '<*'. :.*�� 1 �i^-Nl^rlin despatch, has a drastic | Amsterdam, Dec. 16.�The Ger-,; �j �r^raiTi>for safeguarding the re-, man govcrmrTcnt \\dll ask the^AI^; �vJUiiroiriiK^erinany,-....,-'* . I lied armies to occupy l^erlm, in;
� Throe� luinch^and fifty thous-|case the Bolshevik irxoVement coii-1 ��ut4arcon strike/taJBerlin; ftinues to grow,Philip.' Schekje.-j
I ~~ ~~ ^\~_- nvann declared in a speech at the 1
�..HOUSING COMMITTEE. |Capitaj>>- '
I �. ~ . "-., , \s.. j ,'>TTie ."government has. decided
�HHtrnva. Dec. 16.-1 he hous^iap^ .hHnk-frunv nothing toSstab-l fc:.ii ^uinnttec has been namecTx^. 6rd �� Scheidemann declar-�an,l vyill^piure take up with the ^|.jn ^|(,-ressin^ atl opell ,^ meet_ ] �jMv-vmcx's tj^-^need^OT additional; {nR ^\v^\vill request the enemy!
� � scs- . .^^'\ :'.l_.-'.. ' " i armies jto/bt^rupy Berlin, if " the I- ^Tjr6^n?T? ww^Fr" ! Spartan!^ groiuxcoiitiiiues its cle-�-3J-TAMER WREOKLD. - mon-strations.^ .>ST
|f^t. !^, N,B.,-Dec, i6.^ThJv. 'n
HI* liiier Corinthian " has^^^^aafl llJS:-followp,lw^pub:.
fciuck-a ledge'and may become a;Ji^Adin-larg;e type;the following,
�u1si,md>'the:. tai)taiii:;4nd ctew ' " .Bf: ^dy, hecause the t?oo^ �UT,, rc;.cu '1 '' _ !- ' ' \> , which/ ai'c-refur'nhi^.to- Berlin^arcj
� w-r '^ '� ��' -"� : .:'- �:���"���-. : - forihe purpose of serving against mX. Llu-rnc: of revenge; .conceived the" re-volution." / 1 <^j mn:&i\ lrfttcmc.s*diF .a moment of : By hai � himself to the top; �jn-v�w; kept dominant through a, b&r ^f hb *-� wi'tlr a , irip. of blin-1 �girjtcnii o^y^irs,! and hnallyl1: llu-atrc Wednesday and ;;� ��-. . .. . �� . ;
�HiurMlay n'i-o-hts. Among the fil- - William Gilbert an Edmonton �liy^rruunritup-s of: the East Side district breeder of Berkshire, and: m\-Xv\v York a'beautiful girl i-s TcinnvOj^i pigs,_iias shippedjwo^ Mm to:i>rison unj^tly. Her vow pin^-bred Berkshires to_toan. �>i vcujvciince-breathcsl in Irniom. Tins is probably the first? ship-�ttrof Hery passion againsr' the mejit of brefeding stock from west-Pmiwlw "ha]cl senjteneed her,, is |rffi Caha ta1 to the Orient, � ;
�^^Hrnccdwiici/she realized that H^r'siWe the outbreak of the W'^' loves the man. "The story is war a fre�--bulletin! news, servrc-ej �'nV�f intense interest and 'will ]ias been Supplied to all points on �lohl the spectator enthralled" to ^he government telegraph lines iii\ �''^ end. There is tilso some e^j- the Canadian west. Th'e lines ex-.' B^i^'iit CvMiedy:.oii. the Rex bill tend thrdughpiit the i Athabasca m~ -� ~\~-~���f".. i7! '�"� � and-Peace l^iver 'districts a"d � W -V.cbrge Ledger1; of Qutto'n, through portions of-Central Brit-j Pl^ndtng'a few dayimfovvn. :. ish Columbia to the Yukon. j
PRESIDENT TCKSPEND /Oil nnif^~***iJb^.~
CHRISTMAS IN GERMANY 011 ,UUU A^^qatOn
CSjeSiaLtq the Citizen). SoldwrS^\^r^Ti3
^Earis, Dec/17.�President Wil- IJnrlor "' A i*^�:
.st>n will hive. Christmas; dinner , \JKllltZM /llf�l�N.
i'with the.American'troopson Ger- ~~~> '~ ' ' "; '.
'� nian soil - � - J Special, to the Citizen). ., ...
/\^~-----~~��----- Ottawa, Dec. 17.�Minister of
BREAKS WITH GERMANY. .Militia Mew.burn, addressing ,the-
'y/^' .:� ' Canadian Club, asserted that 611,- -y^
(Special to'the Citizen). . oo� men had passed -through th^ *
: Paris, Dec. T7.-Poland has sev-i Canadian military machine. fVit- ' ered relations with -the German< cruitf unc er th^ voluntary-system 'republic owing to the activities of i nT 44o,�95-and under the
Germans in Poland, and their afl^_ | military servicejLct^4,355v liation with the Bolsheviki. The ,, ,.,' ^ '� . >, - "
official staff is to leave Germany , J^' ,^^7 ~MaJoi;-Gen: - � Linfmediately. i e?al >icrto5>' iHiams, a prisoner
� lot3'ar jp\fthree years in Ger-
1�� 1 1 n/r 1 1 I I � /fmalry^feturned on_ the Olympic
rield IVlarshal Hais Sa-ttfrday. Given Bis Receotidn] lucky thirteen
N___r_/ P^~*\ IN WILSON'S LIFE
; :. ;:��(Special to th^Htizen). / Arrived in France on Friday,
London:, Dec.v/17.�Field Mar- Dec. 13, 191S.' . .-shal^Haig is .to be given a big re- Inaugurated president of the
caption on his arrival m England ^United States in 1913. ^Thursday. He will drive to Buck- Appointed thirteenth president
i.ngham. Palace, where King of Princeton university in thir- '
George Vill give a luncli^on in teenth year as professor there.
his honor. x\ .�. y I Daughter Jessie was thirteenth
Lord Beaverbrook, ;in a recent White House bride. _
address intimated that... he. 'was . .- .-----�����r� - . -
acl>i<(ed:-young men not to seek j^ LOCAL AND PERSONAL, t
public office:.; �. �. .'..�� | t-H-M-f-M-1> t ?' ? ?,�> ? ?>> ? ?> ??-M-"x^
I BARRELS OF WIJISKY? 1 The pupils'bf the -South- Fort-
; �' r r- � '.-'� ' .George school will give a Christ-
CSpeciaUo the Citizen)-. mas coneert orf Frfday evenin^ .
\\ mnipeg, B^c. 17.�The pro- J Dec. 20th, at 3 p.m A collection vincial police have � confiscated |-wjh jie taken in aid of the school 400 bottles of whisky smuggled j library. v �-*''�� into the cityr...in barrels labelled *- * . �* � � .- . apples'. _ ^> . Constable Car'r, of the provirr--------_�_�______- cjaj pOiiCe} has gone to New
QUIET IN IRELAND- Westminster Tin charge of axde-
~-------�.''���. men ted man named Rasmussen,
-London, Dec. 16.�Election day [from the.Stuart Lake district, -x . passed quietly in Ireland. "Thei . __* *�'.*.
Nationalists are 1 opelessly beaten r Deputy Inspector-Parsons, of and the defeat of J oliX Dillon is j the provincial po]jce, hafe returned-anticipated. . � __-l~' from;a visit tb|3olice-pjDsts west- �-
'�--------���-\ . ward as far as-^Hazeltoii. He
:>s>^. LONG AIR TRIP. / states "that the mortality" among _,
�.'t>T] v.:_;: '-:-v' 1 ).'' /� j �' :.;j._ ;;;: � �:: [~;, theV IntHans in certain sections, ;
�Lonclon, Dec^ifCj.^-An airplane due to influenza, has been heavy: leaves Engl-an
The two charming young stars, trict practically 25 pjer-cent of the Louise tluff and Jack--Pickiord, membeb had succunjibed to the. ' 4wllkbe je^ri_at^the: D^^l^W^SiLplague.^ 1 M night and toniorrOw night ini _ Vl * �*. �
a photo dramatization-�of Gene .About twenty laborers em- . Stratton Porter's celebrated novel ployed on the constructioh of the "Freckles.V. The story iis prob- new G. T. P. coal sheds here went -� * ablyroiie of the'niost familiar 'in on strike this morning against a the English language. As a.novel wage reduction of five cents per it had a great circulation and later1 houj-. " The men state they have a^idAnfatized and played on the been receiving 50 cents oer hour, stage. The story is-exactly suit-but this morning the lower ..scale ed t'p these clever young people was put in force, '-. -^
\vhoi as co-stars, recently scoried - . :* * *. �; ^
such a success in "Seventeen" and The New YearVEve-4ance^at -"Great Expectations/3 On Fri- the Alexandra Hotel[isialways an ~ ^ day and SaturcTay nights, \7ivi;a:i ivent tp be looked forward to, and -Martin in "Giving Becky ; a the coping event will prove no Chaiice"..will,ie the feature. Mon- dkcepf4oii. The maiiagenient is day, Tuesday, and' Wednesday niakii^g special arrangements to , . of nex,t \\j.eek> the,, world-famous .aceommodate a large, number ":-oL\-�""'�_,. Canadian film star, Mary Pick- merry-makers,! many. of^.whoiff - ' ford in "'Little Peppiifa." < . . will come from outside points. ;
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