PRINCE GE0HGE CITIZEN VOL 4, NO. 82. SEPTEMBER 23rd, 1921. FIVE CENTS. Central Interior Lands to Receive Proper Attention; � _ i <4_ CANADIAN NATIONAL IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS VISIT PRINCE4 GEORGE TO GET FIRST HAND KNOWLEDGE OP THE LARGeU AREA OF DESIRABLE LANDS ON THE EAST SIDE OF TH_E?| + FRASER! RIVER, j ? NO CHANGE IN THE TIME CARD That the Canadian National railways is alive to the Importance of;"*" MCCUi'ing settlers for the Central Interior of B.<\, was evidenced on Wednes- � "*" day evening by the arrival in the city of a group of men who have charge A of the WOl* of directing the tide of immigration from the United States to j * Canada. This party was headed by R. c. \\. i^tt, genera] agent for thu + Canadian National resources for Alberta and B.C.; De Witt Foster, super-Intondent of resources, with head offices in Chicago; H. M. Williams, tra-telling immigration agent, attached to the Chicago offices; \V. P. Ander-son, agent of the resources department at Seattle; and B. Westcott, Immigration agent for Alberta and British Columbia. The mission of the party is to''-v--------�----------�--------------------------� Agent Feren of the C.N.R. ? has received telegraphic ad- ? vices frotu G. A. McN'ichol, �?-assistant general freight and ? passenger agent of the C.N, ?� R. at Prince Rupert, which state that there is no change of time in the C.N'.R. time card for No. 4 train, in the B. C. district. This disposes of a telegraphic item published in the last issue, under u Prince Rupert date line. In this Item it was stated that the eastbound would arrive here after October 2, about noon. Churchir/Will Make an Important Speech Tomorrow SECRETARY OF COLONIES, WHO HAS BEEN' IN CONFERENCE WITH LLOYD GEORGE AT GAIRLOCH, WILL DELIVER IMPORTANT SPEECH ON IltlSH SITUATION AT DUNDEE TOMORROW� CLIMAX IS APPROACHING. secure first-hand information confining central B.C., and to gather data to be used in the publication of A Revelation "It is a revelation to me," H. M. Williams, one of the party, as a new pamphlet relating to northern' he walked over the productive farm B.C. lands. Upon their arrival in <>f Mr. Blackburn, that a few months [ been more or less covered brush, "to see not only what said I'ip�LAB BEAR" FORCED | TO RETURN TO 'RUPERT O. Prest Strikes Heavy Storms and is Forced to Return from Ketchikan GAIRLOCH, September 22�Viscount Fit/alun, the Irish viceroy, Winston Churchill, secretary of the .colonies, and T. 8. Montague, secretary for India, who have been with Lloyd George here, left today. Churchill goes to Dundee, where he will make an" important speech on Saturday. The departure of Vicount Fltzalan is taken here to indicate that the British reply to the latest telegram from de Valera has been decided upon. Ono report says that this will be dispatched tonight. Some quarters are pessimistic sis to tue prospects of a conference between the Sinn Fein and representatives of the British Cabinet, as a result of yesterday's conference between Lloyd George and his ministers. It is reported tliat Lloyd George's reply to the latest de Valera telegram is not likely to 1m* sent} before next week. The ministerial conference at Gairloch, yesterday, considered the tenor of de Valera's telegram to be so doubtful as to make it advisable to submit the telegram to the special cabinet committee appointed to deal with Irish affairs. the city the party was taken under ago the wing of the officers of the local '" .. ------------ ..... �, ......., ---------- board of trade, and yesterday they has been accomplished, but to learn! PRINCE RUPERT, Sept. 23�The were taken on a trip of inspection by! �f the large area of immensely pro-! plane "Polar Bear," piloted by C. 0. Messrs. W.P. Ogilvie, Thomas Grif-[ ductive lands in this district. There! Prest, took off from Prince Rupert LABOR PARTY'S MANIFESTO LONDON'. Sept. 23�The Labor party has issued a manifesto demanding a national policy to deal with unemployment, and condemn- WITHHOLDING TAXATION' nth and L. D. Vihbard to the R. J. j are thousands of men in the United ; at 8120 yesterday morning. The I ^"u^empToyment,'and* condemn-Blackburn ranch on the east side of!St:it(1R- many of whom I know per-j'plane was equipped with the newjing the government for placing re-Lhe Fraser. This property Is fast sonally. who should be here making propellor to replace the one smashed SDOnsibility on the local authorities developing into one of the most pro- for themselves a home, and helping! in the recent exhibition flight, and Thg manifest0 demands work or un-raising in the district. This ranch ' to develop this country. I am now \ other repairs had been completed. empioyment in8urance for those out has been a case of comparatively | In a Position to tell them the truth j The pilot struck heavy rainstorms easy clearing and there is now under as I see it-" cultivation a very considerable acre- A Coming Country age of rich level land. The import-' "* am in touch with a colony of and wind five miles this side of Ketchikan. and was forced to return to Prince Rupert, as no landing was j possible at the former place. On his district is found in the fact that it are interested in British Columbia," I return Prest landed at Prince Rupert said W. F. Anderson, of Seattle, "and I at 11.45, making a splendid landing employ] j of work. LONDON. Sept. 23�The Borough council of Bethnal Green has voted sixteen against ten not to levy any more taxes, except those required for the borough needs and the requirements of the poor, until the rates in London are equalized, and the borough councillors of Poplar Borough It calls upon the govern-1 released from jail, where they are ance of the Blackburn place to the twenty-five or thirty farmers who ment to place orders for staple com-] held for contempt of court The modlties at prices to be fixed on examination of the goods, and suggests Birmingham council has instructed the Lord Mayor to convene a meet- that employers cannot expect to geti ing of the mayers of all boroughs to normal profits, and should be satis-; take concerted action, demanding is hut a small piece of a large block �"'" "� l '� ftUUBIBl"|i Ul ocaiue, uuui �<� '�'���*�> """^"'s � opiuuuiu ia.uuiu& i ^.^ w^n tne Dare cost of production.! that the government assume respons-of very desirable land of like na- while T cannot guarantee they will j on the Acropolis grounds. Ketchikan j u a]go demands that tne government \ ibility for the unemployed. hire having a width of several miles! settle in this district, it will be a | was reached in one hour, and thirty- j and a length of approximately fifty Pleasure to tell i them personally five minutes was spent in circling manufactured articles to needy European countries on credit. miles, or sufficient land to accommo-: that il will be to their advantage to j in an effort to outflank the storm, premier Lloyd George met the Labor date a colony of 1.500 settlers. investigate this district. This is and find a landing place. It took I m s at Gairloch today and pr0. Visitors Favorably Impressed i certainly a coming country from a : the machine two hours to buck the miged ear]y consideration of unem-Mr. Blackburn extended every mixed farminK standpoint." j wind on the return from Ketchikan for a I "Our organization," said Mr. Fos-1 to Prince Rupert. a ter, "both in Canada and the United-------------------------- �10O0! rourtesy to the visitors and couple of hours made replies to rapid fire of questions as to what) states- is working in close co-opera- his experiences had been in develop- tion with the Dominion government ______ ing his place and what his expecta-: agents in both countries, and with Court Rules that Liquor Company tions for the future were and the Provincial government representa-, haa violated Provisions of basis he had for entertaining them. tives as welL ba8t year< aa a result| Liquor Act All of the visitors were undoubtedly. of this co-operation, it is conserva- ployment matters, but emphasized DOHERTV PROPOSAL the fact that the government not bear the burden alone. could most favorably impressed with what they saw. "Some of the richest and most productive land in the world is to be found In the Prince George district." so declared Dewitt Foster, superintendent of resources of the Industrial and Resources department of the Canadian National Railways, whose headquarters are in Chicago, 111. tively estimated that over 5.000 farmer families from the I*. S. settled VANCOUVER, Sept. 23�Deciding that the Gold Seal Liquor company THOS. HERNE TRANSFERRED Advices from the coast report that Government Agent Wallinger, of Cranbrook, has been transferred to Prince George, and unofficial information states that Thomas W. Herne, LONDON. Sept. 2 3�The League of Nations' commission has adopted, with some modifications, the proposal of the Hon. C. J. Doherty, of Canada, that the council be invited to direct the attention of the ambassadors' conference to the need for regulating the status of eastern Galicia. WILSON LOSES PURSE NEW JERSEY, Sept. 23�The Jersey boxing commission has government Liquor Act by selling li- along the lines of the Canadian Xa-i has violated the provisions tional railways. A Huge Contribution "They brought with them upwards of twenty millions of dollars in cash and about fifteen hundred carloads of settlers' effects. Their annual (Continued on Page 3) � company) e government agent here. will be I deprived Johnny-Wilson of hi* purse s "f "* sent to the Cranbrook agency. Mr. f of *35.0OO. finding him guilty of'not selling U-j een here sjnce 19Uj aIld doing his best in the Labor Day bout KING FOR NORTH VOIIK i thousand guests. Sir Rudolphe Le-mieux and Sir Loraer Gouin both die u.^t in Hm i.,i,,,f n-.v nis i>est m tne i-.moi i; lex . j was ordered to place the money in . . . .. ,. j trust Wilson st-itpq th-it hp will Tne niaiiv triends of both Mr. and trust, w nson states mat ne win qiuir in British Columbia, Magistrate , , ,,.,��], Rrvnn oi t �> tu he has the confidence of the whole: ^1U1 �ryan Shaw yesterday morning found the) company guilty, and imposed a fine1 of Sl.dOO. The decision is to be ap- *"" "�""�' "*"**'*" "*,."""" "**.'� mnkfl pealed and tne case taken to a high- MrS; "erne �n th,ls dtotIJ* �'ill re- ">ake or court. The charge was that the | �ret to see th*m Ie?ve- a th0Ugh the| , , . i j ,� ' change is in the nature of promotion: companv took orders here and deliv-1 ; J5 . � � H , i in the service for Mr. Herne. Asked to the courts. TAKES A COUNTRY ered the goods from their Vancouver warehouse. The defense is that the MONREAL, Sept. 23�W. L. Mac- urged the necessity for k*'nzie King has announced his in- protection in Canada. tention of contesting North York,! Ontario, again, in the elections, be- continued j orders taken were forwarded to Cal-i gary. and that the liquor company's about the matter , by The Citizen,) 2 PALIGHAT. British India, Sept. -Kethikoya Angle has proclaimed Mr. Herne stated that Hon. Dr. King;a Mohammedan kingdom "in Kuma-spoke to him of the impending | ramputher and has appointed him- FINAIj BALL GAME lieving that the best interests of the; The final game in the civic cham-Liberal party will be served by hisjpionship will be staged at Duchess candidature in Ontario. He made; park on Sunday afternoon at two ! office in the Alberta city, having ac- change ,whlle ^e w'a3Jn the Clty, re" self governor, warning his followers 'cepted the orders, telegraphed them I centl-v- but s,� �ar he has received noi against looting and other excesses, back to the Western Liquor Co., a|officiaI notification. subsidiary company here. this announcement at a banquet in honour of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the entry of the Hon. Rudolph AVOIDING THE PERMIT o'clock, by the City and Railroad \ nines. The contest for the shield is \ VICTORIA. Sept. 23�New regu- now even and a good game may be j lations of the liquor board provide into parliament, before two expected. Premier Meighen's Cabinet Has Eleven New Members NEW CABINET SWORV IN WEDNESDAY MORNING BY GOVERNOR-GENERAL AT OTTAWA�H. H. STEVENS OF VANCOUVER MINISTER OF TRADE AND COMMERCE. R. B. BENNETT, OF CALGARY IS MINISTER OF JUSTICE. A STRO.VG COMBINATION. that all persons applying for a per-T!=! mit must swear a declaration as to their addresses, to prove residence in the province. The liquor board officials declare that persons arriving in B.C. cities are getting off easy I by buying only fifty-cent permits, instead of five-dollar tourist permits, NEW SENATORS OTTAWA, Sept. 2 3�In the new election changes, the government has appointed the following public men to the senate: Sir James Foster, James Calder, Dr. J. Reid, H. Mc-Cormack. He asserts that the country is theirs. CROCHET WORK PRIZES The winners of filet crochet work prizes at the fall fair were the following ladies: Mrs. McMullin, first prize; Mrs. C. Norrington, second. OTTAWA, September 22�The new cabinet was sworn in by the t�ovornor-Goneral yesterday morning. The following members survive 'rom the late cabinet: Premier, and minister of external affairs, the Right Honourable Arthur Meighen; minister of public works, P. B. McCurdy; minister of finance, Sir Henry Drayton; minister of agriculture, I>r. S. P. Tolmie; minister of labor, Senator Gideon Robertson; minister of marine and naval affairs, O. O. Ilallantyne; minister of the interior, Sir .lames I-ioughoed; minister of militia and defence, Hugh Gnthrie. Ministers without Portfolios, E. K. Splnny and Sir Edward Kemp. theN7MmTberS �f the CaMne,t "I? The inclusion ,of the name of R. thR following: Minister of railways i 11B "llua and canals, J. A. Stewart. Lanark; , B. Bennett, of Calgary, disproves he minister of trade and commerce. H. report he had declined to enter the H- Stevens. Vancouver; minister of Meighen cabinet. The name of H. B. Justice, R. b. Bennett. Calgary; postmaster general. L. G. Belley, Quebec; secretary of state. Rudolph E. Montv. Montreal; minister of health, immigration, and colonization, Dr. J. w. Edwards, Frontenac; civil Meighe H. Stevens, of Vancouver, as m.n.s- ter of trade and commerce, will be well received in British Columbia where the energy and diligence of Mr. Stevens has entitled him to ca-hrnet honours in the "opinion of peo- shadea i Wldiera; civil ^tobllAme^r R i P* of aI1 shadea ,�'P!; ule^binet T- Minion. Fort William; minister of With the completion of the cab.ne ^t and excise, J. B. M. Baxter, slate Premier Meighen will now ion dt hilind campaignthrough d excise, John: president of the Dr. L. G. Norman. divers, and ministers without portfolios, James Wilson, of Saskatoon Edmund Briston, K.C., of Tor- slate Premier Meighe privy duct a^whirlwind campaign.through Three out the Dominion �e Predomin by giving a local address. GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP ST. LOUIS, Sept. 23�Willie Hunter, the British golf champion, yesterday defeated Bobby Jonea, of Atlanta, two to one in the third round of the National Amateur championship, and won the right to contest the semi-final with Bob Gardiner, of Chicago. Analine Plant Explosion Kills Hundreds in France ESTIMATE OF DEAD PLACED AS HIGH AS FIFTEEN HUNDRED WHEN ANALJNB PLANT EXPLODED AT OPPAU, IN FRANCE, ON WEDNESDAY'�EXPERIMENTS WITH NEWLY DISCOVERED GAS SAID TO BE RESPONSIBLE. THE LAWS OF INDIA LONDON, Sept. 23�A committee! on the Indian legislation, appointed: to investigate the representative! laws, has recommended the repeal of J the Defense of India Act and also the) Rowlatt Act, which gives the govern-] ment the right of summary arrest, j secret trial, or detention without) trial. This act is said to be the cause | of most of the unrest in India, Including the Armristar incident. PAfvIS, September 22�Up to this morning eight hundred and fifty bodies have Ixn^n recovered from (lie ruins at Oppau, where the liadische Analine Company's plant blew up yesterday. Injured persons to the number of twenty-five hundred have been attended, by the emergency forces rushed to the spot. It is reported that the explosion occurred during* experiments for the.compression of a new gas, the qualities of which have not yet been fully ascertained. It is (estimated that the number of dead ranges as high as fifteen hundred. PARTY LEADERS ARE OPENING GREAT CAMPAIGN Meighen ami Mackenzie King Head Forces on Election Issues Promising Record Fight onto. ent issue will be the tariff, and potential factor in the situation facing the government will be the farm- 1 ers. 'RUPERT RVLAWS PASS PRINCE RUPERT, Sept. 23 � Three bylaws presented for the vote j of the ratepayers here yesterday j were passed by substantial majorities. The Westview school, $3,500, majority 86; water system extension, j $75,000. majority 89; agreement to supply 3,000 gallons of water a minute to the Prince Rupert Pulp and Paper Company, majority 42. OTTAWA, September 2 2�The federal fight is on. Premier Meighen and Mackenzie King, at the head of the two great parties, are about to open their campaigns. The political forces are today mustering for what will probably be the most keenly contested federal election in the history of the Dominion. Premier Meighen leaves tomorrow night for Toronto, en route for his home seat at Portage la Prairie, where he will speak on Tuesday. On the evening of September 30 he will speak at Montreal, after which he will make a two weeks' tour of the maritime provinces, returning to Ottawa before proceeding on his speaking crusade through Ontario, and western points. CONSERVATIVE CONVENTION Conservatives in the city have been notified of the convention of the National Liberal and Conservative party, which is to be held in Kamloops about the second week in October. The representation of the Fort George provincial electoral district, which haa about 2,940 voters on the lists, will be a considerable factor in the nomination of a candidate.