PRINCE GEORGE CITI VOL. 5, NO. 28. PRINCE GEORGE, B.C., FRIDAY, APRIL 7th, 1922. FIVE CENTS. anson States Liquor ! Control will be Complete BiilSLATION WlIiL BE INTRODUCED IN COMMONS THIS SESSION WHICH WILL MAKE B.C. LIQUOR CONTROL LEGISLATION FULLY EFFECTIVE STATES PROVINCIAL ATTORNEY-GENERAL IS VANCOUVER. homesteaders hud gone to work in the mine to do necessary work. He did not think the strike would last long, VANCQUER, April ��That legislation will ��<� introduced In tho louse of Commons at tho present session which will make British Colum-ia's liquor control administration fully effective was a statement made ky Attorney-General A. M. Manson when ho was here on his way from ttawa to Victoria. Attorney-General Manson said that premier King had promised to intro-Luce legislation to implement the Control of the provinces. This legislation will have the effect of stopping all importations of liquor into-British Columbia for all (;. T. I*. BUSINESS IS BEST FEATURE OF RAILWAYS Statistics Show That G.T.P. is (Government Road That Does Best BusincHS lomestic purposes, and will provide When the minister railways brings down his railway budget mt wherever a province has govern- , the House) the Qrand Trunk Paclfk, lent control of its liquor business, will, it is expected, play a more opt i-md the executive of that province, mistic role, says a dispatch from Ot-iy order in council, requests the Do- tawa to the Montreal Standard. Re-jiinioji government to do so, the turns compiled by the transportation Eederal authorities will prohibit all branch of the Bureau of Statistics mportation for domestic' purposes now available, show that during the S.xcept through tho liquor control year ended December :'.], freight >ard. . traffic, on the G. T. P. provided the This legislation, says the attorney- outstanding feature of operations, general, will put the full machinery While freight traffic on the C.P.R., f liquor importation into the bands the Government railways (except the )f the government and will greatly Canadian Northern) and the Grand Simplify and strengthen the provin- j Trunk decreased as compared with liquor ad'ministratipn. , the previous year, freight traffic on i the Grand Trunk Pacific increased by over 4 1 per cent. C. N. R, OFFICIALS IN CITY LAST NIGHT J. 1>. Cameron and N. Walton Passed Through the City on Way East A freight train, to which there was attached the official car of J. I). Cameron, assistant general agent j of the C.N.R., and Mr. Walton, who holds a similar position on a different section of the system. passed through the city last night after a brief stay here. A representative of The Citizen visited the train for the purpose of interviewing the officials. Members of the party were reticent in stating that the mooted daily train service was an assured fact, but admitted that the matter was receiving the attention of the officials and would probably be carried into effect according to expectations. Superintendent Kirkpatrick stated that it was. in his opinion, unlikely that the C. X. R. would be able to undertake the work of protecting the railway yards here from the ice danger this year. There were other j places where the li-n* '.''as endangered, he said, and while plans had i I been submitted for this protection no I I decision was reached as to the method thai would be employed. Raids and Gun-Play Still Going on in Old Ireland FREIGHT TRAIN 11 AIDED OF BELFAST (iOODS AND THESE HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED AMONGST TIIK NEEDY�MAIL AND NEWSPAPERS BUHNED�CONSTABLES KILLED AND TRAIN HELD UP IJV WOMEN. MULLIXGAR, April (5�A freight train was raided of foodstuffs bearing the Belfast label, which were confiscated and distributed among the poor. Several barrels of whiskey were also taken. Belfast il wspapers were taken off the train and Dungalk and burned, and all mail from Dublin to Ulster points was destroyed. At Carrick, cattle we�( driven from :: j-ra/inj; ranch. Two constables were wounded and one killed in raids on tin' County Mayo barracks. Two women, flourishing revolvers, field up a train from Belfast on the Donegal border, but they permitted it to �o on unmolested later. Lena boy Castlo, at Galwny, formerly occupied by British auxiliaries, has been seized by Irish Republican troops, POLICE RAIDED LIQUOR I INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK IN SUSPECTS LAST NIGHT: ENGLAND GLOOMY AGAIN .Jean Scblusser and <;. T. I'. Club t Another Crisis Looms Up in Bcon- ? ? �f ARRESTED AND RELEASED On the request of Chief of Police "This." says the report the ihute, of Edmonton, Chief of Police j Bureau of Statistics, "was due to the McMillan arrested Jack Vaughan and operating arrangements with the Liable Harris, in the city a few days I Canadian Northern systems, but as igo. The Edmonton police charged I that road also showed an increase it that Vaughan was suspected of thefts was not a case of diversion of traf-committed in Edmonton. As none fie. )f the property described was found ; "The revenues increased 15 per imnng the effects of the accused, cent and as expenses were reduced i koA BtoeetfUy ^Ax*d in me city^ rS fveV'ceiiO' the o.WoV.*.* ^s v'** the local police were instructed to. reduced by over $6,000,000. Irop the charge. The couple were "Transportation expenses increased released. 1? per cent, with increased business, A woman named Mae Campbell, but maintenance of way and struc-trought up on charges connected j ture expenses were reduced :<8 per |with a disorderly house, was sentenced to six months, to take effect |cn a date set ahead. Mae left for I parts unknown and if will serve her time. she returns Oscar Ericson and Ivor Smith were up on a charge of having created a disturbance and were fined $10 and costs. The fine was paid. cent, and maintenance of equipment 30 per cent. The average train load increased with the greater traffic density which increased with the freight traffic, 41 per cent. The operating deficit on the d.T. P. last year was $3,997,488. as compared with an operating deficit of .$10,134,51:1, the year previous. |No Redistribution Bill Coming Down This Session (PREMIER KING MAKES THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS�MOUNTED POLICE WITHDRAWN PROM PROVISIONS OF NATIONAL DEFENSE BILL�NUMBER OF ESTIMATES PASSED. OTTAWA, April l>�Premier Mackenzie Kins announced in the Collisions that the Redistribution Bill will stand over until next session. The bill to create a department of national defense passed through committee after the minister of militia had cancelled the clause relating to the inclusion of the mounted police. The bill, now feuding for the third [time, consolidates the militia, navy and air forces only. Great progress was made on interim estimates, including Immigration, [public works, civil govern men t and provision for floating of a refunding loan in tho present year, and the Department of Health estimates, which forecast an amendment to the Opium and Narcotic Drugs Act, making enforcement, more drastic. The mounted police estimates passed with a slight, reduction. The Hoy Scouts and National Battlefield Memorial estimates wore also passed. PRIMA DONNA'S JEWELS STOLEN BY TWO WOMEN S A N JU AN CAPSILANO, Cal., April 7 �Madame Calli Curci, the opera ginger, was today robbed of jewels and valuables which she claimed to he worth $45,0(11) when two girls overpowered the singer's maid in a cafe reatroom, and fled with the jewel case that had been in the maid's care. ? + ??????? 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Coming I p Tomorrow on Liquor Charges Chief of Police .McMillan, assisted by provincial and mounted police officers, conducted ;i number of raids last night on places under suspicion in connection with liquor traffic. In several places the raids were unproductive, but in the premises of Jean | Schlosser and the G.T.P. Club the police believe they have secured evidence that will convict, and charges against both of these places will come up in the police court tomorrow morning. FOR 11. C FISHERIES ? ?????????? + ? + �?- ? WILL ENFORCE THE + PEACE OF IRKLAND OTTAWA, April 6�W. G. Mc-Quarrie of New Westminster, tiled a i resolution in the Commons asking an investigation of the W.V. coast and \ rivers salmon Industry. He also wants a committee appointed to consider tV"1 advisability of establishing hatcheries and to recommend a policy for the conservation of the industry. omit; Affairs When Strike of Engineers Threatens LONDON. April 6th- A gloomy picture of the British industrial situation is presented in the American Chamber of Commerce in a summary of the business and economic conditions for March. After some months of peace from severe industrial strife; there is trouble again. The question of whether 600,000 skilled engineers are to be forced into idleness hangs on negotiations between employers and the unions, which have been brought about by-Premier Lloyd George. More than a million persons will be idle unless settlement is reached speedily, says tho report. DEFENCE HILL RECONSIDERED BELFAST, April 6 - - Sir James Craig, premier of Ulster, announced in the Ulster parliament today, durine the course of a statement on the Criminal Procedure Bill, that "either side" intended to enforce peace on their own accounts, and prospects seemed oven better than 4- yesterday. 4 4 4 444444444444444 4 GEN. SEMENOFF ARRESTED 4 NEW YORK. April 7 Gen. Semenoff was arrested at the station here on his arrival from Washington in connection with a civil action involving half a + million dollars. The order does + not specify who is bringing the + action. Bail is being arranged ? in $25,000. OTTAWA. April 6�In the Commons today the bill providing for the amalgamation of the Militia Department, the Naval Department, the Air Hoard and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, in the Department of National Defence is being reconsidered in committee. The civil government estimates will be taken up. COMMITTEE ON QUADRUPLETS TORONTO. April 6�The Mail and Empire has received a cable from Berlin, which says that there is no reason to fear race suicide in Germany as long as women there demonstrate their ability to give birth to four children at once. Owing to the frequency of this biological phenomenon in Germany the government, will appoint a committee to ex-umine into the matter. BUSINESS YET UNAFFECTED WASHINGTON, April 6�The coal strike as yet is without effect upon business, according to a view expressed today at the treasury. No Agreement in Force on Chinese Immigration MINISTER OF IMMIGRATION INFORMS THE HOUSE OF COMMONS THAT CHINESE IMMIGRANTS TO CANADA ARE NOT SUBJECT TO ANY AGREEMENT�SECRET UNDERSTANDING AFFECTS .1A PA N ESE IM M [GRANTS. OTTAWA, April 7�The minister of Immigration informed thv House that there was no agreement in force, affecting Chinese immigrants to Canada. He said that there was an understanding affecting Japanese immigration, but the agreement was confidential and could not be discussed, Answering another question the minister of railways said (bat Howard! BASTERl BAZAAR OF j KeUy was paid $50,000 a year as president of the Grantl Trunk Railway KNO.V CHURCH TOMORROW �nd another $2,000 as a director, but none of this was chargeable jo Ritts-Kifer Hall Will In- Sen*, of