PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN
VOL. 19, NO 30.
PRINCE GEORGE, B. C, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23rd, 1920.
FIVE CENTS
oe Martin Promises to Work For Prosecution of Farris
'FIGHTING J,OB" MARTIN, IN DENOUNCING LIBERAL PATRONAGE COMMITTEE, SA1J) THAT IF ELECTED HE WOULD THY AND BRING ATTORNEY-GENERAL FARRIS TO BAR OF JUSTICE.
VANCOUVER, Nov. 2 2.�On Mon day, while denouncing the alleged patTOnage committee of the Liberal party in Vancouver, Joseph Martin, K.C., speaking in support of the candidature of Col. J. W. Mclntosh, the independent candidate in South Vancouver, promised that if fleeted he would work for the prosecution of iVttorney-General Farris and Messrs. c B. Campbell and \V. T. McArthur, who, Mr. Martin said, constituted the c ommittee
Mr. Martin declared that he was
?Y. M. C. A, OFFERS
FACILITIES FOR TRAINING
Association Has Made Appropriation
to Further Assist Returned
Men Students.
Any veteran who wants a course of instruction along �ome line which he has not been able to get through the S.C.R., . r who taay wish to supplement the instruction he has already received by further study, may do so through an arrangement'with
out to try and have the honor of the | the National Council Y.M.C.A. which province restored, and he was em- i has set aside a sum of money to phatic 1� denonuncing both Liberals provide this opportunity for returned men. If a returned man wishes to take any of t'he educational classes at any Y.M.C.A. the National
d Conservatives for grafting in the ]>. (1. E. deal. '
hUCERNE GREETS COCKER
Council will pay all his fees. All he
WITH MUCH ENTHUSIASM I is required to do is to pay 25
I per cent of the fees when he en-
PERRY SPOKE TO BIG
HOUSE LAST NIGHT
Conservative Candidate's Meeting Last Night a Big Success.
It is stated that the meeting held at Lucerne last night by Mr. Samuel Cocker, who was supported on the
rolls i's an evidence of good faith and determination, which sum will be refunded to him when he completes 75 per cent of the course.
If he should want to take a course not provided by a local Y.M.C.A. or
platform by Mr. H. A. Carney, ex- '< if it is not convenient for him to mayor of the cit'y. was well attended attend these classes, he can take a and demonstrated the fact that Lu- ' correspondence course with the cerne will tender the Conservative un|ted Y.M.C A. Schools on any sub-
candidate a decent majority.
Mr. Cocker held his meeting there on his return from, the Peace River country, where he claims every assurance of a substantial majority over all comers. rT OF LIST.
VANCOUVER, Nov. 22.�J. A. McKelvie was elected in Yale today with a majority exceeding.1500, with several polls not yet. reported. The (Jovernment candidate led his opponent, Colonel Edgett, from the start of the count1.
Over nine thousand ballots were cast in East Elgin today. The United Farmer candidate. McDermand, defeated the Governmenf. supporter, Stansel, by a majority of only two hundred. The contest-was close from the beginning. Charlton, the Liberal, was at the foot of the list.
Mr. J. A. McKelvie, the successful Government candidate in Yale, is editor of the "Vernon News."
GREAT ACTIVITY IN
THK PROVINCIAL CONTEST
Bowser and Oliver Are Travclliiffe Fast These Days�Big Audl-I onces.
VANCOUVER, Nov. 22,�The last; week of the provincial contest shows I the activity of the political parties i and the keen interest of the electors in the outcome, wh'ch is increasing throughout the province, especially j in the lower mainland. Returning . from his rapid tour of the Kootenay, j whore he addressed many crowded meetings, Mr. Bowser visited all the j Vancouver Island centres and was j well received. Tonight (Monday) he j addiessed a large and enthusiastic! meeting in Chilliwack. Replying to | Premier Oliver, who spoke fhere on Saturday night in the interests of Minister of Agriculture Barrow.
Many meetings are to be held nightly this week in every town and city of British Columbia. The Liberals in Vancouver "find it necen-�ary," as their opponents phrase it, ,� Mi..�... nf *-iwJ made good. I am indulging in no
recorded in the columns of the "Prince Rupert News," which was distributed free to the meeting, that it would fhen be a part of the rotten
campaign of abuse, but I don't' propose to allow them to get away with their false accusations."
Mr. Bowser related at' leiigtii how
Dominion government' railway.
scheme. He seemed to overlook the ! a Parliamentary committee attempted been an ardent
fact that he had
worker for the Dominion government
at the last election.
to dig into the P. G. E. campaign fund contributions. "I was called before the committee, of which Attorney-general Farris was chairman.
At tins juncture Mr. Perry gave, the lie to the Citizen for the second I rhey asked me lf l knew anything
time in the evening. He cited a
about' campaign funds, and I said I
paragraph from the editorial column | did' and if, they wre P^Pared to of this paper in excuse, overlooking I take me before a properly-constitut-
his promise regarding personalities. The subject is dealt with in the column to which his exception was tak-
ed judicial commission I would testify, but I refused to be tVied by a kangaroo court. I was anxious to
en. to which the reader is referred, j ,be ca"ed before the bar of the House
bur they did not dare to call me."
"It is a great question which is the
Mr. Bowser's meeting broke up
been marked wf/h success, but that I best route," said Mr. Perry in refer-
he was glad to be back to address his ing to the P. G. E. He referred to amid a feat ��tion for the man
who, for fourteen years, has continu-
home-town audience, with which he felt a warm regard.
He then stated that he would not make any political promises.
He insinuated that' the Conservatives would not be in power, stating that Mr. Cocker k&ew this, and brought up the name of Mr. \V. R. Ross to discredit the Conservatives.
His strictures upon the Conservative party contained the time-worn criticisms familiar to all who read the Oliver presentments of the alleged Conservative offences. In the P. G. E. matter the old grounds from the Liberal point of view were gone over again. He dragged in the Citizen, by referring to our criticisms of the P. G. E. matter. He referred to one statement in the Citizen as an "absolute lie." The road, he said, would be built according to engineers' reports, and not by critics. In speaking of the route he stated that he was personally in favo � of the Pine Pass route, mentioning the mileage of 330 to the border. He showed some sympathy for the Peace River settlers, and went into the matter of the line which Premier Oliver proposes to build from Alberta into the Pouce Coupe as a measure of "temporary relief."
In quoting from the Citizen he
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ously been Bent to the Legislature from the city of Vancouver.
Terrible Orgy of Murder Enacted in Dublin on Sunday
OFFICERS AXD CIVILIANS CONNECTED WITH COCRTMARTIAL OF
SINN FEINERS SOUGHT OUT BY DESPERATE GANG MURDERED IN THEIR ROOMS�BATTUES IN THE PARK.
AND
BRITISH HOUSE SUSPENDS
SESSION IN AN UPROAR*
Wildest Scene in a Decade Grew Out
of a Discussion of the Dublin
Murders.
LONDOtf, Nov. 2 2.�The House of Commons suspended its session today in an uproar growing out of the discussion of the Dublin murders. It was the wildest scene in a decade. The session resumed three hours later after many apologies. The
LONDON, Nov. 22.�Dublin was the scene on Sunday of an orgy of outrages. In the morning officers and civilians connected with the courtmart5al proceedings against Sinn Feiners were sought out by. gangs of desperadoes in the Gresham Hotel, and then in private residences, and shot down in their bedrooms, one in the presence of his wife. Fourteen were killed and wounded. Four prisoners were captured.
In the afternoon, the police believing that the murderers had come to
spread of assassination to England ' Dublin ostensibly to witness a hockey
is feared following Dublin's Sunday.
HOARD OF TRADE DANCE
ON ELECTION NIGHT
Board Has Wanned Biff Dame Ritts-Kifer Hnll With Van-derhoof Orchestra.
Although there will be many sorrowful pblitical enthusiasts going about talking to themselves on election night. December 1st, the Board of Trade has arranged for a grand dance in the Hitts-Kifer Hall, with the Vanderhoof jazz orchestra in attendance, where all may meet in the spirit? of amity and fell the way they voted, etc.
PUBLIC MEETING
Thursday, Nov. 25th
red match between Dublin and Tipper-ary, surrounded Crocker Park where 3 0 00 spectators were collected. The Sinn Fein pickets opened fire as the police appeared aud the police replied, kiling ten of the pickets and wounding many. In the stampede of the crowd which followed, one woman and one man were trampled to death.
AT 8 I*. M. �IN THE-
Dreamland Theatre
IN SUPPORT OF AND TO BE ADDRESSED BY
Mr. Sam Cocker
CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE IN THE FORT GEORGE ELECTORAL DISTRICT.
! REPORTS SUCCESS AT
HIS WESTERN MEETINGS
1 Mr. Perry Holds Successful Meetings at Vanderhoof and Fort Fra.ser.
The meetings held by Mr. Perry, j who was supported by Mr. Raymond ! Leighton, at Vanderhoof and Fort Fraser, from which he has just returned, are reported from Liberal sources as being encouraging to the Liberal candidate's chances.
Statements received by the Citizen from these * urces attribute large success to Mr. I^erry's campaign throughout' the district, but these statements are more than offset by the air of confidence worn by the Conservatives.
Of the three prizes awarded for physical drill amongst t'he schools in Mr. Gower's inspectorate, two were won in the city by the classes of Miss Erroll Brannick, now of Clover Bar school, Alberta, and Miss Milligan. The teachers receive two-thirds of the prize, and one-third goes towards buying pictures for tho classrooms.