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PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN
VOL. 4f NO. ��.
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C., TTJBftDAY, JUNE 7th, 1U2I.
FIVE CENTS.
premier Meighen Sails for Overseas Joint Conference
av\i>\"s premier leaves fob quebec to sail on empress of Britain to attend conference of overseas premiers is fx)ndon�received presentation from supporters os bve of departure.
LLOYD GEORGE ILL
LONDON, June 7�Premier Lloyd George* is suffering from a chill and over work. He has been ordered to take a complete rest. All his engagements are cancelled.
ALL ARRANGEMENTS MADE
FOR BIG RAILWAY HALL
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OTTAWA, June (J�Accompanied by Mr*. 'Meighea, his secretary and ,.,-al advisor on the department of external affairs. Premier Meighen I Thursday Night ,1,1s morning for Quebec, and will sail on the Empress of Britain for attend the conference of overseas premiers. After the adjourn-,,f the house on Saturday evening, Premier Meighen was presented I Thursday night marks
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wh,!(. Premier Meighen will en-the conference at London with an en mind us far as the parliament . nada is concerned, there are "* reasons to believe that he will Dort a renewal of the Anglo-Jap-1, alliance, providing this is �.n to be in Great Britain's inter-i support, however, will �, be qualified in order that aty may so far as possible be
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The premier will urge the postponement of the naval and military question until the international situ-tion is made more clear.
Approaching the details with an open mind. Premier Meighen will oppose any step of an Imperial organization or any plan involving the; centralization or creation of a super-1 power over local parliaments. He will urge that the proposed constitu- I tional conference, to he held in Ot- j tawa, shall be purely consultative in its character.
the occa-e held in the auspices of the Mount Robson division of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. For this ?vent a massed orchestra from Smithers and Vanderhoof has been hired to make sweet melody. There is a fine schedule of dances, which is to be run off on time, with clear tracks and no washouts. The railway mers have not put on a dance for about two years now, and they are bending every effort to make this occasion a brilliant success.
Visiting IVftrymen are
Very Greatly Impressed
CONVENTION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA DAIRYMEN AT VANDERHOOF YESTERDAY MAS LARGE SUCM'ESS�VISITORS GREATLY IMPRESSED WITH DISTRICT�VALUABLE STOCK PRIZES FOR YOUNGSTERS' CATTLE JUDGING.
The members of the British Columbia Dairymen's Association who attended the convention at Vanderhoof yesterday, came in this morning on the east bound and are being driven over the district near the city where they are looking over some of the principal farms.
In an interview with Henry Rive,,j�. dairy commissioner of the province, the Citizen is assured that the members of the party are all greatly im-
VOTTNG TOMORROW
pressed with what they have seen along the line of the C.N.R. through central British Columbia. Many of the members of the party are so impressed that they are already planning to place the attractiveness of this country before their sons as a place to settle down in and build up a farm and a herd, for most of the members of the party are elderly and
member of the party.
Speaking of the arrangements at Vanderhoof. Mr. Rive stated that in spite of the rain, which rather marred the occasion, about 350 people turned out to the convention, with its lectures, and the stock judging events, which were followed by athletic sports and a splendid picnic.
The cattle judging competition was one of the most interesting events, apart from the lectures, which were listened to with the keen-
prosperous farmers with responsibil-I est attention. Prizes of exceptional ities in the lower country. The trip i value were awarded in these contests
CUSTOMS CHANGES
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PRINCE RUPERT, June 6 -anges in the customs regulations. ,�',. mi June G. provide that hall be no reduction in excess per cent, of the value pro-1 under discounts allowed on currencies, and when the xchange to the United States �erse to Canada the value for dutv shall be computed at the prevailing premium for exchange. The local bank exchange rates are to be USed in computing.
'RUPERT JURY DISAGREES
IN HOLMES MURDER CASE
Case of Man who Killed Partner for interference with His Wife Traversed to Next Assize
PRINCE RUPERT, June 6�After being out for two and a half hours, thn jury in the Robert Holmes mur-j der trial returned to the court room | ai 11.30 on Saturday night, at the j assizes being held here, and reported i to Mr. Justice Gregory that it had [ disagreed, owing to the fact that i ifteen of the jury panel were chal-
trigger, but the gun failed to go off. His attentions ceased for a time, but i recommenced, according to a report i of the inquest, which alleges that he had carried firearms. Mrs. Holmes had become so nervous that she had ! at last related the facts to her hus- j band, who shot Booth dead the next j day. He wrote a confession in which i he stated: "I shot Booth in the protection of my home."
�RUPERT EDITOR HERK
AccoTnpanied by his son, who is aj member of the staff of the Victoria j Colonist, Mr. H. F. Pullen, managing | editor of that bright daily paper the j 'Prince Rupert News," is in the city. � Mr. Pullen is making a voyage over the territory along the C.N.R. He goes south from here into old Cari- i boo. Mr. Pullen is much impressed 1 with the look of Prince George, and ! is a firm believer in the ultimate1 proKperity of the whole central i�-
Tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., the poll will be open at the City hall to property owners on last year's voters' list, to vote on the money bylaws for the acceptance or rejection of the money bylaws involving $41>,-O. This sum is difided as follows: For Street Improvements, $20,000, repayable in 10 years, which will cost $2,847.17 annually for that period; For Electric Light Extensions, $5,00O, repayable in 15 years, which will cost $515 annually for this period and for Water Works Extensions, $14,0OO, repayable in fifteen years, which will cost $1,514 annually for that period.
PROFESSION A L VAUDEVILLE
AT THE REX ON FRIDAY
Storry & Jones Show of Fourteen for
Two Night** Commencing Friday
�Touring Cariboo
has been a revelation to these gentlemen, and they will leave for the south with a totally new idea of the resources of this portion of British Columbia, of which all too little is known and too much skepticism exists.
The party included the following eentlemen: Hon. E. D. Barrow, minister of agriculture; Col. Davis, chairman of the land settlement board; Professor W. Sadler and Professor H. R. Hare, of the University of British Columbia, the former an authority on dairy matters and the latter on animal husbandry. From the department of agriculture there were in the party W. T. Macdonald, i live stock commissioner; J. R. Terry, � chief poultry inspector; Henry Rive, I dairy commissioner and F. Overland, ! dairy inspector.
The following members of the I British Columbia Dairymen's Associ-! ation are members of the party: M. Dean Keatings, vice-president; J. W. j Berry, Langley, pres. of the Fraser Valley Milk Producers' Association;
through the generosity of the cattle breeding associations of the province. These prizes were purebred bull calves, Holsteins, donated by the B. C. branch of the Holstein Association of Canada, through P. H. Moore, president; an Ayrshire, presented by E. A. Wells of Sardis, and a Guernsey, presented by Mr. F. Borhaven of Vanderhoof. None of the youngsters engaging in the competition were over 16 years of age. The first prize was won by Gordon Smedley, who chose the Ayrshire; the second by Eric Armshaw. who selected the Guernsey, and the third by Lowell Smith, who won the Holstein.
The convention itself was held on Twenty-four Prairie, a few miles north of Vanderhoof. The program of addresses included the following subjects: "Abortion and Sterility of Dairy Cattle"; "Management of Dairy Cattle"; and "Cow Demonstration".
The arrangements included the driving of a number of the delegates from Fort Fraser to Vanderhoof by
Sl 1C1DE IN RUPERT
aturday morning, there was not a sufficient number left to form an-other panel, so the case has been traversed to the winter assizes to be held ;it Prince Rupert.
Holmes admits the killing of his partner at Thurston harbour on Jan-laiy :;. and pleads self defence. The unwritten law of the protection of the home entered to a large extent into the case and A. M. Manson. M. LA., of the firm of Williams. Manson a. Gonzales, made a strong ad-dress to the jury, asking for Holmes' acquittal. This was somewhat offset by the charge of Mr. Justice Gregory, which did not seem to favor the accused.
After having been out for two hours, the jury returned to the court room for further instructions as to what verdict could be brought in. The judge explained that there could be one of three findings: murder, manslaughter, or acquittal. In case of one of the first two findings be-Ing brought in a reconvmendation for mercy could be made. Retiring again the jury shortly returned, re-I>��rtin>r disagreement.
'� case caused much interest in
"' city and when the verdict was brought in the court room was filled 'o the doors and crowds had gathered on the street outside, keenly awaiting the announcement of the result of the trial.
PRINCE Charles W.
RUPERT, June 6 -Embellon. an old-timer.
An honest to goodness vaudeville ! show is hitting town on Friday next, and from the posters and advertising which is out, it looks like a winner. This is the aggregation of entertaining talent under the management of
tion of Canada. Mr. B. Wescott, of,
before the trial opened on and a partner of Paul Aivasoff. in a Messrs gtorrv and Jon�s, comedians I the colonization dept. of the C.N.R.
Prince Rupert poolroom is dead by , which has toured /Ow�* Cariboo and his own hand. He shot himself \ ,8 arriving on the good 8D,p Rounder through the head with a Ross rifle, from Quesnei. in all there are fourteen in the party, which presents a bill, the versatility of which may be gathered by referring to the advertisement on au inside page. There will be a dance in the Ritts-Kifer
on Sunday evening.
PARLIAMENT PROROGUED
OTTAWA. June 6�Parliament prorogued on Saturday night after a rush of business brought on in an endeavour to close by the weekend.
WILL CROOKS DEAD
A. \V. Hunter, Armstrong; M. Herer- , cars sent to the former place by cit-on, Kelowna; R. U. Harford, Court- izens of the latter, enabling the manager Comox creamery; J. \ dairymen to see the intervening Steves, Steveston, pres. of the B.' country, in which the central in-branch of the Ilolstein Associa-' terior farmers take a very just pride.
The delegates, lecturers and others of the party have been shown about the lakes country, �nd all other points of agricultural, commercial and scenic interest along the C.N.R. line between Prince Rupert and Prince George.
A grand ball was arranged Jn the evening in the new Community hall with Vanderhoof's justly famous jazz
LONDON. June 6�Will Crooks. for twenty years a member of the British house of commons, and a Kreat lubyr leader, died today in London.
hall following the show with tht show's orchestra in attendance.
COMPLIMENTARY DINNER TO DAIRYMEN TONIGHT
PEACE RIVER EXCITEMENT
EDMONTON, June 7�Peace River is wildly excited over a gold find by Doctor Gauthier, in an unnamed creek near Cadotte river. There is much mystery over the find, but parties are preparing to invade the district.
The
case arose out of the shooting
Holmes' partner. Booth, by the (n�sp(l. following the relating of attentions which the dead man had Ior(fl(l upon Mrs. Holmes. Aecord-the evidence introduced at the deceased had attempted to wife away from her hus-" is alleged that at one time f''"Pted suicide, placing a re-head and snapping the
Inquest, 'urn th band he a volver
IRISH CASUALTIES
LONDON, June 7�Sir Hamar Greenwood informed the House of Commons that 127 soldiers were killed and 286 wounded in Ireland since January. 13 20. It was announced that additional forces were being sent to Ireland immediately.
DROWNED IN FRASER
C'HILLIWAOK. June 6�John and Roy Greggare, believed drowned in the Fraser River on Sunday afternoon. Two men. with John Knox, were crossing the river to an island to attend some stock, when the boat upset. Knox, who was 80 years old, reached the island and was rescued today, but there is no trace of the other two.
The entertainment committee of the Prince George Hoard of Trade has arranged a complimentary dinner, to be held in the Alexandra hotel at s o'clock tonight, in honor of the Dairymens' party which is visiting the city. While the dinner is under the auspices of the Board, it is open to one and all, and any of those interested in dairy matters are cordially invited to attend.
was also with the party.
Other prominent southern dairy farmers were J. W. Fletcher, of Sardis. a prominent Guernsey breeder; H. Hayton, Matsqui; H. Williamson. Comox. Representing the Vancouver Province is A. Lytle. who is accompanied by Mrs. Lytle and Miss McBride. a niece of the late Sir Ri-
orchestra in attendance, according
chard McBride. Dr. Jagger is also a ' to the prograin.
Board of Trade Deals
with Soldier Settlement
SPECIAL COMMITTEE IS APPOINTED TO ENQUIRE INTO COMPLAINT OF VETERANS1 ASSOCIATION AND RECOMMEND LINE OF ACTION.�SUGGESTION MADE THAT EXHIBIT BE SENT TO THE VANCOUVER SHOW.
Mine Owners Make Move to Settle the CoaJ Strike
l\ ENGLAND LOOK PROMISING FOR SETTLEMENT OF UNG ftRA\VN OUT STRIKK OF COAL MINERS�ATTITUDE OF PRE-MlEI IS RESULTING IN GENERAL MOVEMENT TOWARDS CLOS-
J STRIKE.
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LONDON, June ��Events leading up to an attempt to settle the strike � lnilu>l* moved rapidly this morning. While the executive body of ""��s was in session a letter was received from the mine owners sug-nft � joJn( conference at the latters' headquarters. The miners' repre-tlVeS' after " brief deliberation, decided to Immediately accept the nton. The attitude of Premier Lloyd George towards the continuance "' st�*ike lias shown both parties that the government Intends to deal "n(l vlK�rousl.v with either side, in the case of symptoms being
VETS HAND CITY
THREE NIL SHUT-OUT
The Vets came back strong on Sunday afternoon alter meeting defeat on Victoria Day. and handed the City boys a shut-out with a three to nil score. The game was unfortunate in "many ways�there were small sized sloughs in several places on the field making it far from conducive to good football, although in the first half the Vets' combination play showed up to good advantage resulting in two goals being scored. In the second period, the City boys missed two or throe good chances of scoring; Dupre had a clear field and would no doubt have scored, but got in a mix-up with Ferguson. Referee Wylie awarded the City a penalty as a result, much to the disgust of the aforesaid. A rather heated argument followed and Ferguson was ruled off the field, being followed by Bennett, apparently to even things up. If soccer is to be the success that is expected, it will be absolutely necessary for the teams to get down to business, and cut out foolish and unnecessary argument which has been so prevalent in the past two or three games. The Vets secured their third tally in the second half with a very pretty shot. Ogg played a good game in goal and was by no means to blame for the three that got past him.
�ihil iaMy "n(l vlK�rousl.v with either side, in t " >Jted which indicate obstructionist methods.
In the heart of O'Malley, the man-hunter, there was wonder that this youngster, this boy with the dandy smile, could be a murderer.
The resolution of the Great War Veteran's Association, condemning the policy of the soldier settlement board, was before the board, of trade at its meeting last evening, and, although the sense of the meeting was that the settlement board was deserving of censure, it was not considered The members bad sufficient data before them to endorse the pronouncement of the veterans upon the matter.
When the veterans' resolution wasf read, Alexander Ogston announced himself as in favor of endorsing it. He recalled the matter of the resignation of Captain Brown, of Vancouver. This resignation had been tendered for the reason Captain
Brown found the regulations of the board not adapted to the conditions in British Columbia. His resignation had been followed by others, and the result had been the country lost the services of a number of very efficient men. This situation, which was well known, was in his opinion sufficient
to call for the endorsement of the veterans' resolution by the board of trade.
Against B.C.
Dr. Alward expressed himself as in favor of endorsing the veterans' action. He considered the root of the trouble lay in the fact that the board had based its regulations upon conditions which obtained ou the prairies, and had sought to make them applicable in British Columbia where conditions were absolutely different. (Continued on Page 4)
Colorado Flood Threatens Epidemic in Stricken Area
ARKANSAS RIVER RUSHING THROUGH PUEBLO, COLORADO, CARRYING GERMS WHICH THREATEN DISEASE TO LARGE (>>M-MO1TY�WATER CARRIED IN MIlJv CANS FROM COLORADO SPRINGS.
PUKBIA), Colorado, June fi�The spectre of a new epidemic of disease hung over Pueblo today, following the most disastrous flood in years, which has suspended all modern sanitation facilities. Thousands of women and children besides the male population could not even get enough water *o wash their faces and hands. The only water available came in milk cans from Colorado Springs, or from surface wells. The Arkansas river, rushing through the city like an angry snake, carried with it germs sufficient to take a death toll much greater than the lives sacrificed in the Friday cloudburst.