rince George Citizen Vol. 3, No. 81 PRINCE GEORGE, B. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1919 Five Cents Canadian Casualties i Special to the Citizen). .Ottawa, Jan. io.�The complete )t of casualties in the Canadian frees up to December 31st is as lows: Killed, 35,666. Died of wounds, 12,420. I )icd ,of disease, 5405. Prisoners'uf war, 3575. Xumber repatriated or escapen, 5<)S- * /The Olympic sails from Eng- ii.! today with 5000 returning BRITISH CABINET. London, Jan. 10.�Premier Lloyd George is expected to an-| 11 ounce the personnel of his re-It is CANDIDATES OUT FOR CONTESTS IN CIVIC ELECTIONS Matters are beginning to warm up in connection with the muni-j Bloodshed In Berlin constructed ministry today. understood there will be fewjeipal elections to take place on changes Winston Churchill will, Thursday next. It is now prac- (Special to the Citizen.) London, Jan. 10.�German gov- be the new war secretary. Wai- tically a certainty that there will'ernment messages picked up by ter Long goes Xp the admiralty. | be no mayoralty contest and that 'wireless say that many parts of Edward Shortt will be home sec- Mr. H. A. Carney will be tender-1 Berlin are scenes of hion^hed retary. LABORITES IN BRITAIN ARE OPPOSITIONISTS ed the ofhee of chief magistrate j The gpvernment is taking neces-by acclamation. "sary measures +0 destroy the For Aldermen, Ward One has reign of terror that prevails. Pro- London, Jan. 9.�The British Labor party has decided to accept the position of official opposition two candidates already in the field, Aid. Adams and Mr. Henry Wilson. In Ward Tw.o there are three vision depots are being stormed by Spartacan mobs and the needs of soldiers and civilians thereby reatly increased. The Germans arfe failing to fulfill the terms of armistice, as there entries, Aid. Porter and Messrs. to tin; Lloyd George government. Qgtlyie and J. H. Johnson. 1 his is n landmark in British par-; Aid. Keegan announces that he I is still a shortage of trims air-liamentary history. - \\ . Adam- wU1 not be\ caildidate for re.el. x enginfes afTd railway J fgjr twenty-seven years a, cction, as he has accepted a posi- -_________ BRITISH SOLDIERS MAKE DEMONSTRATION Ottawa, Jan. g.�The inflating ]>aper costs is alleged. Counsel r Canadian publishers has made i.!r::c- against the manufactur-s ami a reduction is demanded, iwyers i> >r the paper mills are in on having the price boosted 1UPREME WAR COUNCIL. son, niiner opposition. is appointed leaderfof the tion that wiI1 necessitate frequent 'and lengthy periods of absence! I from the city. In Ward Three the only candidate heard of to date is P. J. Ultimatum To Turkey London, Jan. 9.�Demobilization demonstrations are being re- Moran, though it is more than 1 peated at the war office. General .ondon, Jan. 10. Th e associ- ! governments have decided stablish a supreme war coun-jl to handle the problem of re-jctualling liberated .and enemy bimti it's. The Council will const ni two representatives of paly, France, the United States (ireat Britain. (Special to the Citizen). London, Jan. 10.�The Allies have notified Turkey that unless Pe>iiceBoard. the Turkish force at Medina lavs __ down its arms immediately the farts at the Dardanelles will be destroyed. probable that Aid. Harper and possibly Aid. Gaskill will seek re-Sunday next. Mr. Ogilvie is the only candidate so far for the vacancy on the Robertson has promised a full inquiry into alleged grievances. ()ne of the causes of dissatisfaction is the belitf among the soldiers that they are to be sent to Russia. TELEGRAPH BRIEFS. SAYS EX-CZAR LIVES. Wnnipeg,�The Union Bank is to pay a 10 per cent dividend. Regina.�Soldiers in LOYAL RUSSIANS DEFEAT BOLSHEVIKl IRELIMINARY PEACE FOR THREE MONTHS laris, Jan. 8.�Th preliminary ce i",�.Miierence is likely to last free months, according t<> Mar-llutin, in the Echo de Paris, At the end of the second lonth, that is to say the begin-[ng of March," he says, Rafter jMupkite agreement between the ivat en tent powrs, the , tre*aty ill be ready for submission to e enemy plenipotentiaries tor jeir signatures. Representatives all the enemy countries will be ivited to come to Paris to learn |e Allied conditions and will jive a reasonable time�about ie month�in which to refer it > their governments." London, Jan. 9. story has it that the ex-czar and family are still aliw. Count Fati-chev, the former emperor's per-sTorial secretary, is said to rrave given his life for his emperor. Washington, Jan. 9.�Loyal uniform I Russian troops operating under , , will have to pay full railway faretne Omsk government have de- |KIMst'nt after tomorrow, according to in- feated a large Bjolsheviki army, formation given out by ticket j capturing 31,000 prisoners and a ag-ents here. I large quantity of war material, Medicine Hat.�Drastic rneas-,1 according to a telegram received ',3OY SCOUTS HONOR ures are being proposed by the Alberta Labor federation to get j the censorship lifted. A majority I Mr. II. A, Carney, candidate '� mayor, will address a public j??tmg next Tuesday night. The �'^'c and hour will be announced ter. ROOSEVELT'S MEMORY of delegates favor calling a gan- _._____ , eral strike m sixty days to force New York, Jan. 8.-�In order to j the hands of the federal govern-give permanent expression tojm'ent. 'y ltal1 Colonel Koosevelt stood for Oyster Bay, N\W24!e remains to tin boys of the nation," sixteen of Colonel Roosevelt were buried thousand" troop-s of theBoy Scouts | quietly in the family plot. The of America, comprising 440,000 funeral service wq>s witnessed by members, today were instructed friends, a congressional delega-to plant one or more trees with! tion and neighbors. suitable inscription and ceremony! Amsterdam.�The Polish troops in memory of the former presi- ha'Ve been defeated by the Ger-dent. ! mans. Kolmar has been occu- pied as a result, and the losses on both sides are declared to be heavy. Paris.�The French representatives to the peace conference have HUGE QUANTITIES FOOD FOR BRITISH < Htawa. Jan. 8.�Nearly a quar- ter of, a million tons of dairv products and eggs meat, the Rllssian minister at Mock- holm MACHINE GUNS HEARD IN BERLIN STREETS EX THEATRE. I" I lie Sign Invisible" opens to-s'it at the Rex. It is a story of _p�it happens t;o an embittered debased New York doctor U'^'s to (he Canadian North-} lor change ol scene and fjor-ftfulness. There are two of the ust vicious screen fights imag-'^' in both of which Lone r (Mitchell Levviis) the giant breed hero, covers himself ltl1 giolryr The play is of the out >or life and is beautiful both as scenery and photography. p have been named. The personnel is been purchased by the� British recognized as a strong one. Jules ministry of food in Canada up to Cambpn is one of the reprcsenta-tee end of 1918. In addition to this, the dairy produce commis- tives. Warsaw.�The Bolsheviki have sion, on behalf of the British j captured the city of Vilna, and at I tentiori of ministry, purchased 80,622 tons once started the massacre of civ-~ of (ood. Brandon, Man.�The Grain ilians. � The defeated Poles are Copenhagen, Jan. 8.^�Berlin is in a state of complete anarchy and civil war has begun there according to the Munich correspondent of the Politiken. His information, he says, is based on telephone messages from the Germa*i capital. Al) the banks are ljarricaded, and a great number of the public buildings are in thte hands of the Spartacan or extreme radical faction. Thousands of armed workmen of the Spartacan group, the correspondent reports, are crowding the streets, and at several points firing has begun. The sound of machine gun fire could be heard from all parts of Berlin. The message reported the in-the government to make an erfor to storm the build- ing of the police guards later in being disarmed by the Germans, the day and take possession of all New York.�Fifteen thousand j the machine guns and cannon Growers in conference here are! marine workers are on strike here � there. Dr. Karl Liebknecht, the in favor of taxing land values, and j tpday, and harbor shipping is Spartacan leader, has been seen a resolution urging a direct levy I practically at a standstill. The; here and there about the city or-unimpnoved" property was n en demand higher wages. | ganizing his trodjpfs for the final Toronto.�A carload of liquor j fight which the correspondent on passed. Victoria. Mackenzie & Mann was seized in the Toronto yards says is expected to begin very have quit their posts in the Can- yestrday by officials of the license soon. Hundreds of persons are adian Collieries company. board. I'eported fleeing from the city.