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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,
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/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.
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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.