PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN VOL. 4, NO. 72. PRINCE GEORGE, B.C., FRIDAY, AUGUST liHh, 1021. Civic Salaries From Mayor Down Cut Ten per Cent I \ST NIGHTS COUNCIL MEETING MAKES CUT IN PAY ROLL APPLICABLE TO A Mi CIVIC EMPLOYEES EXCEPT LABOURERS�BYLAW-NO. 141 HEAD A THIKD TIME�COST OP LlVlNG BROUGHT UP. With Alderman Barney Keegan in the chair as the fatiier of Bylaw Vo. 141, "�(1 Mayor Wilson i�n the side lines, the council last night deliberated how much it should prune the mayoral indemnity. The aldermen, decided that His Worship shall suiter the same cut as the civic employees, .mil as that Which they brought down with regard to their own indemnities, dutl of ten per cent. This brings the mayor's indemnity i ver. He stated that he had a client down from $1,200 a year to $1,080, in Seattle who offered 78% for $39,-;,,.,! that of the aldermen from $180 O0U of Prince George school bonds. a year to $162. As the majority of Bernstein advised the acceptance of the year has already passed by with this bid, stating that the bond mar-,!,,. nnpruned indemnities the mayor . ket was in a "terribly poor" condi-,nd aldermen will have to stand the; tion. The mayor stated that, on his whole cut from the few remaining own responsibility he had refused months of this official year. Mayor the offer. This bid would, with the Wilson offered no objection to the premium required on Canadian proceedings, interpolating jesting re- money in the United States, in the marks from time to time as the dis- redemption of these bonds, mean an , ussion proceeded, until an alder-; offer of about 72 only. man made some remark upon the A letter from the Good Roads mayor's architect fees, which im-, league, asking the support of the mediately brought an angry re- council in the endeavours of the monstrance from him. He objected, i league, was favourably received and he said, to his private affairs becom-; the support will be given, ing a part of the discussion. Alder- j A letter from The Citizen was man Patterson stated that no dis- read, asking the mayor and council russion of the mayor's affairs was to take space in a special edition be- The Labour party has no leaders in the commons, and both the Conservatives and Liberals have been broken by Lloyd George. BOLD AUTO BANDITS SAN FRANCISCO, August 18 � Three bandits in an auto drew up beside another car in which factory paymasters were returning from the bank, on a crowded business street, covered the paymasters with revolvers, took nine thousand dollars and escaped. HORATIO BOTTOMLEY WOULD EXTRADITE THE KAISER being made. Long Session The session last night lasted until after ten o'clock and a considerable volume of business was transacted, rhe report of the housing committee was read and a contract let to J. Mi Iniiis for the construction of a h ing prepared which is to be issued at the time of the fall fair. The council authorized the taking of a half page to bid the fair visitors welcome in the name of the corporation. Union of Municipalities A long letter was received from the solicitor of the Union of B. C. use for Mr. B. Skinner, for the ; Municipalities. The solicitor showed � i!" "f $2,300. i that he had been subject t0 very Accounts submitted by the finance , heavy calls upon his time by the committee, totalling $3,616. were j union and tnat his preSent fee of passed for payment. i $500 would not pay his out-of-pocket A r-port from the special commit- j expenses. The solicitor submitted tee to consider a suggestion for fjfteen points, one more than the amalgamation of the police and fire ; famoug fourteen of President Wil-riepartments was filed. This report ; aon< as someone suggested, upon ted that the committee found the : whlcn he coui(l develop and improve LONDON', August |8�A declaration that Holland should be called upon to surrender the former German Emperor was made today by Horatio Bottom-ly, the well known independent member who is editor of that disturbing English weekly uggestion impracticable. Bond the conditions of the 'ur'v's Ikies, if supported. This involved a fee of A tPlogram was read from Arthur] $250 a year, and at this the council F Bernstein, dated from Seattle. | boggled. The letter was filed. Mr. Bernstein represents the Na-! A letter was read from a rate-I onal Bond Corporation of Vancou-I (Continued on Page 6) Unemployment Insurance is Forecasted By De Farris ATTORNEY GENERAL EXPRESSES OPINION THAT SOME INSURANCE SYSTEM SIMILAR TO BRITISH SYSTEMS IS BOUND TO DEVELOP IN CANADA�UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM EXERCISING GOV-ERNMENT AND WORKERS. VANCOUVER, August IS�Unemployment insurance was forecasted yesterday by de Fan-is as a possible policy of the government in dealing "ith the unemployment situation. This opinion was expressed at a meeting of members of the provincial government with representatives of the workers and of returned soldiers' organizations. It was a part of the ��'Ties of conferences which are lx*ing held in an endeavour to work out a M'h<>ine for solving the unemployment problem for the coming winter. Attorey General de Farris expressed an opinion that some insurance system �gainst unemployment was bound to develop in Canada, and that the � nulish law came from a similar experience to that which is now being passed through in this country. "John Bull". Bottomley raised the question in connection with the recent trials, at Leipzie, of the Germans accused of violations of the rules of warfare. He said that if Holland refused to give Willielm up, and the British government was unable to deal with the matter efficiently, that they should make way for "men of sterner stuff". LEFT IRISH QUESTION �'APAN LOYALLY OBSERVED ALLIANCE DURING THE WAR �In.vd George Asks Whether Faithful Ally Should bo Discarded When Trouble Passes LONDON. August 18 � Lloyd in a statement in the commons regarding the recent conference of premiers, said that the con-*rence unanimously recognized that �'apan had loyally observed an alliance with Britain during the war. and asked if it was right that Bri-'"iii should now turn round and say '" Japan "Thank you for the trouble taken, but we don't -want you any longer." The statement was received with cries of "No" from the �members. SPECIAL LEAGUE MEETING PjARIS, AuguBt 18�A special "p'ing of the council of the League <)f Nations has been called for Aug-1 29, at Geneva, to consider the "PPer Silesian question. POLISH-GERMAN PLEDGE KATTOWITZ. Upper Silesia, Aug. A co-operation of interest in 8 motherland is pledged in an aereement signed by representatives of the German industrial and political leaders and labor representatives of the Polish political parties in upper Silesia. Several members of the German Reischtag were among the signatories and the conference pledges itself in support of the Polish peoples. The conference was known to the British representatives, and one member for Poland consulted the British "military commander of Silesia afterwards. ENROLL FOR SPAIN LONDON, August 18�Scores of unemployed, former British service men, are enrolling in the foreign legion of the Spanish army to fight against the Moors. Good pay and special bonuses are offered. The Moroccans continue a victorious campaign against the Spanish. Former allied airmen are being approached and offered inducements to joiu the Spanish army. OF SENSATIONAL INTEREST LONDON, August 18�Lord Bea-verbrook, writing in the London Express, says that the British political situation is now more interesting than in a hundred years. The coali-'tion is stronger on account of the weakness of the opposition forces. LONDON. August 19�Premier Lloyd George reviewed the Imperial Conference in the commons today, and paid a tribute to the war services of the dominions. He said that the conference had fully discussed the foreign policy of the empire, including the Silesian and Asiatic problems, but not the Irish question. The British had no objection to the conference discussing the Irish question but "they had their differences quite as much as we did and there was no burning desire to take up the question," concluded the premier. CANADIAN RECRUIT SUNK QUEBEC. August 18�The Canadian government steamer "Canadian Recruit", laden with coal, and outbound, was rammed and sunk in shallow water in the St. Lawrence river, forty-five miles below Quebec, tonight, in a dense fog. by the coal ship Maskinonge. which was slightly damaged. The crew of the Recruit was saved. WILL LICENSE INSURANCE MEN VICTORIA, August 18 � Attorney General de Farris told the convention of Life Underwriters of Canada that a bill will be introduced at the fall session of the legislature under which every man carrying on a life insurance business in British Columbia must secure a license to do business. DR. KING COMING Dr. King, minister of public works for British Columbia, leaves Vancouver on Sunday for a tour through this district. The minister has wired to H. G. Perry, M.L.A., asking him to meet him in Vanderhoof some time next week. He is expected here about Thursday next. FEDERAL ELECTION UNLIKELY OTTAWA, August 18�Unofficial utterances of members and senators indicate that a federal election this year is unlikely. There is no official announcement. FIVE CENTS. No Subtleti^fn British Attiitide on Irish Peace PREMIER LLOYD GEORGE DECLARES THAT NOTHING WAS KEPT BACK WHEN TERMS OFFERED TO BRUTISH GOVERNMENTS WERE SUBMITTED TO DE VALERA�GOVERNMENT CANNOT OFFER FURTHER CONCESSIONS. OPTIMISM IN ENGLAND. LONDON, August 1��The British government, declared Lloyd George, in the House of Commons today, in making its settlement proposals to Ireland, put the whole terms of the British concessions into the letter to de Valera without keeping anything back. I*>rd Curzon, as secretary of foreign affairs, speaking in the House of Lords on Irish negotiations, said that the government had offered all that could be given without compromising the safety and real sovereignty of the Crown and the dignity of the Empire. A dispatch from London under i cials are reluctant to believe that yesterday's date states that optimism offers which appear so generous to in regard to the Irish situation still j them should be rejected outright, prevails at British headquarters, Cabinet leaders and members of both where this attitude finds justification in a lack of the definite rejection of the government's terms by the Dail Eireann. De Valera has not yet convinced the British of the sincerity of his uncompromising statements of the past two days, and offi- houses are keeping in close touch with developments at Dublin. The peace developments between the British government and the republican leaders were not mentioned yesterday morning in the Dail Eireann. QUESNEL LACROSSE BOYS HERE FOR LABOR DAY REV. WILBERFORCE COOPER LEAVES FOR VANCOUVER The Athletic Association held a meeting in the Prince George hotel last evening to consider the advisability of sending a team of baseball artists down to trim the Prince Rupert aggregation, who appear to be i very proud of themselves after having put it over the Jasper-Lucerne line-up. On the last occasion Prince went to Rupert they had little difficulty in taking the best two out of three games and feel quite confident that they can repeat the performance If a trip is arranged in the near I future. On Labor Day, the Quesnel la- j crosse boys will come here to play \ the return game with the local team. This should be an interesting game as the south town have a good line-1 up and made the local boys step the j limit to secure the long end of a j four-thre* score on their visit to j Quesnel last month. Arrangements are also being made with Vanderhoof to stage two games of baseball on Labor Day. the first at 10 a.m., and the second at 3.30, following the lacrosse, which is to be played at two o'clock. I Popular Pastor of St. Michael's Church Goes to St. James' in Vancouver After some months' incumbency as rector of St. Michael's Church here. Rev. W. Cooper left yesterday for Vancouver, where he goes to take charge of St. James' Church, one of the oldest and best known o� the Anglican churches in British Columbia. The departure of Mr. Cooper for his larger field in British Columbia's greatest city, is much, regretted by the Anglican congregation here. His exceptional sermons have added materially to the ordinary congregation of the Millar addition church, and these kave been marked by a breadth of thought and facility of expression which promise the preacher a distinguished career in his uew church. � In spite of his more important work in Vancouver, Mr. Cooper expresses keen regret at leaving Prince George, where he and his sister, Miss Cooper, have made many friends. Big Railway Brotherhoods Granted Conciliation Board MINISTER1 OF LABOR GIDEON ROBERTSON GRANTS BOARD OF CONCILIATION TO FIVE BIG RAILWAY BROTHERHOODS IN MATTER OF CANADIAN RAILWAYS' WAGE REDUCTION�RAILROADS' OBJECTIONS OVERRULED. TORONTO, August 18�The minister of labor, Gideon Robertson, has "ranted a board of conciliation to hear the objection of the- five big railway brotherhoods against the wage decrease in Canada. David Campbell has l>een chosen to represent the men, and the railways have been given five days' notice to choose their representative. If they fail to make a choice the government will name one and these two will then appoint a third member of the board. The application for the conciliation board was made by the railway brotherhoods, and the railways, including the government system, refused to agree to it. The cut of the railway wages went into effect from July 10. The objections of the brotherhoods are pending, and these will be put forward by the well known Toronto lawyer David Campbell, who started life as a railroad telegraph operator, and who F-tudied law while in that employment. TO INSURE PEACE LONDON. August 18�The earnest hope is expressed by Lloyd George in a statement to the Commons, dealing with the disarmament conference at Washington, that the conference would result in a complete understanding on the problems of the Pacific and in the reaching of a tri-air-tight agreement, insuring the peace of the world, between Japan, the United States and England. BASEBALL AND FOOTBALL SUNDAY AFTERNOON ICE SHORTAGE OVER1 PRINCE RUPERT, August 19� After suffering from an ice shortage for some weeks, the supply for the local fish business is practically normal again here. The fish packing houses are being provided from the railway ice house which cut during the winter at Lucerne. There will be a ball game on Sunday afternoon commencing at two o'clock, between the two local teams, to be followed at six o'clock by football, when the Celtics will again meet the Hornets. The line-up for the Celtics is: Ogg, Tate, Deykin, Brown, Shearer, Knight, Norrington. Sutherland, Wimbles, Mellson and Alex Wylie, and for the Hornets: Young, George, Ferguson. Smith. Stubbs, Anderson, Dupre, McKenzie and Giles. Referee Welsh. POLISH BORDER FIGHT JAP DEFEATS INDIAN CHICAGO, August 18�Ichiya Kumagae, a Japanese, defeated Mohammed Sleen. an Indian, in three straight sets in the series of the semi-finals for the Davis cup tennis series today.. BERLIN, August 18�Twenty-four Poles were killed and many wounded in a fight between the Germans and Poles on the upper Silesia frontier. The Poles were driven across the border. 40 TIMES FOR BABE CHICAGO, August 18�Babe Ruth made his forty-sixth home run of the season in the sixth inning of the New York-Chicago game today, with two men on bases.