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PRINCE GEORGE, B.C., FIUDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, J��2.
FIVE CENTS.
Rudyard Kipling is in the Limelight
George Carmack's Fortune Fought for in the Courts
STATIC MI!.NTH MADE BY CLAIMANTS RECITE THE DISCOVERER OP THE KLONDVKF. DESHRTED Till: YUKON NATIVES WHO ASSISTED HIM TO MAKE II18 DISCOVERY AFTER THEY HAD HELPED HIM TO GREAT WEALTH. -
iVuly.iiil Kipling, .who denies the ptulcmt'tits atirlbutod to him'In an Intervlntt lo I
Has More Degrees than Thermometer
>ff<
that the
States piitered thw war too I (iull ti"i soon, and compelled" i>s in granl a jirenintureVirm-
IU.VCK litTKIIT Pl'LP MILL
dirrs knock-out in
Ilia VANCOUVER SUIT
VANCOUVER, Sept. 21�Unoposed Judgment was entered by Mr. iistlceAV. A. Macdonald, yesterday, i the foreclosure suit Instituted by ln- .1. S. Kmeraoii estate against the rifice Rupert Pulp and Paper cora-any, limited. The Emerson estatv
holder of JGGO.OOO.of the f770.-
..... fust mortgage bond Issue. A
ale nf tho ttssotB already has bee-: irected for October l.'(. G. ('. Hyatt, lin !i.; been acting as receiver, wns llowed $1,000 remuneration,
EDMONTON BALL PLAYERS OPKX CHAMPIONSHIP
. SERIES IN' VANCOUVER
All)
Mill
fllM
VANCOUVER, Sept. 22�The Ed-ii,inn Reil Sdx, the winners of the amateur baseball champlon-II play off with the amateur ins of IJrltish Columbia here v.\ It will be a series of five ind the victorious team will cv off In Winnipeg with the i liamplonn of Manitoba.
SEATTLE, Sept. 21�Sensational litigation has been commenced over the will of George Cot-mark, the discoverer of the Klondyko.
After a life of adventure, Corinack died In Vancouver Juno 5 htst. In a brief will, written in 1014, the Yukon plduecr Hiild succinctly:
"1 devise my properly nccorclillg lo Ihe stiilulCM of descent of flui .Ml ule of Washington."
At the dlscoveper's deathbed was mother, according to the girl, as-Mrs. Marguefite Cnrmack, his recog-j slated Carmack and his wife for nlzed wife. On July 12, It Is said, (naive years hi keeping the "wolf she filed Cormack's will in.the King from tho door.
County (Washington) Superior Throughout the wanderings, Gra-Court, and was made administratrix j phle relates', her mother and father! on bur representation fhat she was ��clung together. In mutual love and the sole heir to tho estate valued be- affection." tweon half a million and a million . Famous "Discovery No. dollars.
And then an e<'ho from the mote past.
Graphie Grace Saftig, beautiful the girl. In 1 898. Carmack, rich behalf-breed Indian girl, from herjyontl his wildest dreams, accompan-home in California, challenges Mrs. | us in si( me ihe full benefit of tho new canal al this point.
if this work, as estimat-:---------------------------------- � �->��
si engineers of both | west states have been urging action $252,000,000, which j on the rinrt of the Washington au
HUGHES WILL All) BRITAIN
HIT DOES NOT LIKE GREEKS
Herbert Hoover, who has been hifnored so often that tbf wags say h (hi; iiitornallonal section) of 1,-400,000 li p ready for distribution by illHlrlbutinK companies. Thla uoea not louoji or affect the 3,000.-
"" riuiinhiing II 1'. on the river sit-uateil 6nl) in Canada in the province ol Quebec, Canada, as her "liar?, win have half of tills �1,400.-""" HI', that N tiiu.ooo H.P. along the St Lawrence shore of the prov-Omarlb, with the rumulnlng developed later.
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thorities with the result that the Unled States has reuuedted the Canadian government to rc-open the matter.
li has been estimated (hut the now waterway contemplated will save five cents u bushel on tire transportation charges of all .when) moved to the European market from Canada and the western Slates, a consideration which would more than Justify the necessary expenditure, but aside from this it la represented the ex^ peridlturo can be Justified as a puro-
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�Tlila work was seriously con'sid-l ly power proposition, as there in
tred.DVthe Unionist government,* but walling market-for the Initial devel-time could not oprnenl of the LJOO'.OOO 11.P. avail-United States ahle-lu tho international section of
UKrf<>mcnl at tin. reached with the
goveriiniciij Since then the middle] (he St. Lawrence
Dispute Over Reward for Conviction of Bootleggers'
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IOfls i
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�l:'Hi"M Todd made, hi
(I
onsldorahle difference of opinion on the part of Ihe niein-'innilsslon as lo their liability In connection with Ihe pay
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'I police force an the re-
McMlllah-a Illness. It PPened whilB McMillan was the
id �/ '" 1<>cal P�llCe circles,
lk ,,,"�" 1|" happened to sprain bin �ntlre police machinery
8tO|iPe,i
For tli
*?s �", Mayor
?otcCCllier McNclll!'�' the provincial When i? Mlpply a nlBht pntrolmnn.
first night that McMillan Johnson arranged
serve, the mayor agreed to pay him $5.00 per day. and held out to him ! the prospect of Increasing hia pay | envelope by securing 'convictions against the bootleggers and drawing down the police commissioners' re- j ward. All told Todd secured three
convictions and '��gathered In his ro t ttle u
came to settle up T the period he
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. - - went on record by resoln-' the question, the mayor favoring the, ! ;us Must wllliitSJ pay $50 or'payment M the whole amount cur rtC!!:iVlt:Uot' *h�ch could be so-1 claimed tfr Todd, but the majority
were eppt>Betl to paying salary and!
MELROURNE, Sept. 20�:The fed-1 oral cabinet yesterday endorsed the) action of Premier Hughes . of the Australian co.mnionWcaUh to send troops to the tialllpoll peninsula.
Mr. Hughes; In a speech In the house of representatives, said that while hf> desired to associate the commonwealth with the maintenance of the Dardanelles and the neutral zones in that region he did not desire lo go beyond that or to participate in any filibustering expedition On behalf of tin? Greeks.
The Australian soldiers were not In sympathy with the ambitions of! King Constantino. The premier added ibat ho deplored the prospects of another war and therefore had usked Lloyd George for the fullest Information on the situation, The house expressed _ approval of the statement of Mr. Hughes.
DELEGATION VISIT UNITED STATES TO
CONSIDER REPAYMENT
LONDON. Sept; 31�Sir Robert Home, chancellor of the exchequer, >vill lie the leading member of the British debt, funding delegation that Is to visit the United States. The chancellor's purpose, It Is said, itL.to sail for. America October 18.
Sir llobort refused to dlscusq, Ihe trip further than to say that" it! i� "well known that Great Britain intends to pay hvr debts to the United States and that the forthcoming conversations In America will be for the purpose of arranging bow payment: shall be made.
from his pay cheque, Todd engaxod Messrs. Young & Ogston and a suit was entered against the city for the amount. It wiiB this phase of the matter which tho council dealt with last evening.
The council decided, without discussion, to refer the matter to the city solicitor for his opinion'.
At the request of the promoters of the skating rink, tho council consented to run the city grader over the slto of the rink. The rink is also being connected with the city water system.
There were eighteen applications for the position of Janitor at tho City hall and High School. John Hill was easily the first choice for the field, he having been In the city employ for a considerable period, atul was appointed at a salary of $H-'O per month.
A second request from the management of Knox. Preabyteriuii church for the .improvement of Brunswick street from Third avenue, to tho church site, and for a sidewalk, �a,rno before the council. This: time the request met- with more, tavor and the desired Improvements were recommended to tho public works committee.
A request was received from Mrs. ,)oe Hops, whose husband is awaiting trial upon a charge of murder, for financial relief. The matter was referred to ihe chief of police "for report.
Another request was received from the directors of tire hospital society asking for further financial assistance. The city clerk was Instructed to take the matter up with the lios-
ritKS MAY WITHDRAU'AI."'OF ALLIES WITIHN 18 UOURS
PARIS, Hept. '�&�The Prencli cnbinnt tnduy decided that in view of refusnl of Hi-iilsh to withdraw forces trom Clianak, on Astatic side �-f Dar� from Clinnak and has so informed the French government. Tltt- French plead
llmt Hi.- srsMon nf Clianak would plncstp thV Turks, and givo thf Pacific group In the Turkish movement greater str��nfith. Britain will point out that tho triumphs of Musta-pha � Keiual woulJ givo encour-ueomc'nt to f the i'\liintntl(iii; of General PeTle, French high commissioner, is running undisguised anxiety In allied military circles in the capital,
ll Is not improbable that such an attack will be made before tho end of ilie present week, ii In Minted, the Turks inking advantage of the facti thai the British have no yrl coiM-entiated all their foirccM.
The Hilt i ill. however, are declared-------------------------------------
HtKSIA TO ASSIST TURKS-WITH MUNITIONS BUT WILL
NOT SEND ANV TfJOOI'S
to be determined to hold tho straits at all coBiH. regardless o:' how formidable ihe-Kqmaltflt forces may be, and regardless also of whether Franco and Italy participate In the lf> n _ _ , defence . MOSCOW, Sept. 20� -Ituska___l.n-
.One.of tho best evidences of the Ien' sll"uld �'� IU>e(lfi(I: but subjects, including the families of " la considered In Moscow as ex-offlcers, are leaving the city, show- tr,Q�ly "�llkel>' �>at *�81� trooPs ing that they believe the fighting!*,"' 1)e S0Ilt to assist the Komallsta Imminent ' iey atlemPl to take Constanll-
CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept.. 20 � The Turkish Nationalist assembly at Aurora by an overwhelming major-
lpple.
While preferring the Turks to the lilies as tho holders of Constantinople, nevertheless It is understood that the Soviet leaders have decided
ity has extended the dictatorship of
Mustapha Kemal Pasha, and has
authorized him to continue the war j J^to take_�">; _tePs ^"cl'_ ml__hl
until all conditions prescribed in the
Mrs. Clare Sheridan, famous sculptreas and writer, whoso wrlte-
Jn the New York World of an Interview with Rudyard Kipling, which set two continents talking, has now been denied by tho veteran poet Sim in a cousin of Rt, Hon. Winston Churchill.
HARDING VETOES THE
SOLDIER BONUS BILL FOR
LACK OF FUNDS
Ie" sent, It Is stated here.
LORD CURZON REACHES
AGREEMENT WITH PRANCE ON NKAU'EAST SITUATION
WASHINGTON. Sept. 20�President Harding yesterday vetoed tho Soldier Bonus bill.
He snnt the measure back to Congress, saying he could not sign It because It provided no means for pay-I Ing the $4,000,000,000 Inv61ved.
Neither the treasury nor the ! taxpayers can aasumo tha bonus bur-] den at this time, Mr. Harding said.
The house"today passed the bonus bill over tho president's veto;
BGYTIAN TRIBES REVOLT AND THREATEN SETTLEMENTS
ON THK EASTERN BORDER
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PARIS. Sept. 20�Following a long conference between Premier Polncalre ^!id Lord Curzon-, the British envoy, i Is announced an agreement hap been arrived at between two powers on the situation in near east. As the result .the
KEMAL PASHA MOVES 1MB ARMV TO POINT 50 MILES
FROM CONSTANTINOPLE
LONDON. Sept. 20�Advices from
indicate that tho Wahlbl French position Is said to be otio
Egypt
which alms at a peaceful solution of
gyp
tribes stirred by tho military suC cesses of Keiual Pasha, have revolt-j the difficulty, but which requires the ed and are threatening the coast ! Turkish forces to remain in Asia tho eastern border, of, and outside of the neutral zonn pend- ; dig the result of the peace parley.
LONDON, Sept. !_2�Views of near enxt crisis oscillate between hope and fear, With a hIIljIu tendency in favor of hopeful side of balance. Nothing happened in the last 21 hours to make, our position materially worse, although It continues serious enough. Tho immediate peril is the |H>*sli>Ulty that the Turkish Nationalist troops will attack the Rrltlsh positions along tho Dardanelles. Musta-pii.i Kemal Pasha, Turkish Nationalist leader. Is conferring with the' Angora cabinet In Smyrna, and the result of their deliberations In awaitod hero as eagerly as the outcome of the Paris discussions.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 122 �Turkish Nationalist forces have seized the town'.of Exlnc, on the Asiatic Hide of the ld.r-ditnolle.s, nnd are threatening . Kuril Kalesi, the Important key position to'the southern side of the Hlrnlls. The Kemiilists are noWhere opposed. The Nationalist move, in the opinion of naval export* here, will enable Ihe lurk- to prevent free In ureas to tho Dardanelles lo British Atlantic fleet units, which are f�n tho way fr.nn Malta. Tho important posh ions involved were, up to today, occupied by French and Italhtus, and Irom them the Turks can command the entrance lo the stmltS;
FRANCE AND ITALY
WILL NOT DKKICN1)
THK DAUDANKl.LKS
CONSTANT 1NOPL15, Sept. ^'-i �Humid Hey, represent ing the Turkish government, visited Cjcncrol Harr'ngton, Hritlsh coniniandor-iii-chlef, suylnj; Turkey only asked Ihe same light us fflven (imc- ti> cross neutral straits. General Harrington r<> piled that any move to advance oti nIrails wotll 1 he taken ;is a di (in. aiion of war. Harrington said trouble nii^hl ho nyertCHl If iluniil gave a guarantee Turks would stay where they are until after the peace conference was hold. Tho French and Italian fronerals expressed regret that their governments saw no way clear for participation lit tho defence of tho DanlancllcH, but promised rvery assistance in keeping order In Constantinople.
CELEBRATED SINGER DEAD
LONDON.- Sept. 22�(�fiir Charles Santley. for decadvw theveat known and most popular singer on the English concert and oratorio stage, died today In his 87th year.
towns 'on Egypt.
ALLIES HAVE SMALL FORCE AT DARDANELLES BUT HAVE
GOOD GUN SUPPORT
PARIS, Sept. 21�It Is Huid hero that Mustapha. Kemal con-' trolK nearly 40O.OU0 troops near the Dardanelles against 19.OOO British, French and Italian troops;
But this unequal dlvision of man power, however, Is somewhat offset by the strategic position of the Allies, who control the straits from the sea. l'ort-tions of the Allied fleets are concentrated, in the vicinity lo prevent any attempt by Kemal to cross the straits, and unless lie can elude the Allied warships and ferry his troops and guns across to tho ISuropcan .side, he will he unable to'get the foothold necessary for a drive on Constantinople.'
Two British drendnaughts, several torpedo boats,' one French warship anil transports, are immediately available around the Dardanelles. Al Smyrna, within cruising distance, there are two French cruisers, two torpedo boats, five British torpedo boats mi 1 a number of smaller craii. Then there l> the French Syrian division a little further away, which consists of one cruiser and four light cruisers.
i.loyd <;kok<;k oppkks to resign bit cabinet
. IvKl-l SKS TO CONSIDER IT LONDON, Sept. 2U�It is ru-moivd in offlclnl circles that Lloyd George offered his resignation to tho cabinet at the week-end conference tit Cheq* tier*, hut his resignation wns refused. Lord Cur/on threatened to resign If his pence policy with Franco N not upheld, mid it Is expected tlu> Cur/on plan will ho forwarded hi Friday's negotiations.
I'ltOV. POLICKMAN
IS KILLED AT HOME
IN COLEMAN
FKRNIE, Sept. '_t_!�Emil Plc-arello, prominent citizen of Colcnian, Alherln, is saitl lo have gone today to the house of Constable Stephens Lawson, of the provincial police, and shot "the constah'�> dead when he answered tlie door.
Plrnrcllo is n fugitive, with the provincial police of both provinces and tho mounted police and Montana state police- watching for him.
LawBjOlt had Intercepted nn auto driven by Picarcllo's son, intending to search It for liquor at tho provincial boundary be-tween Michel, B.C., and Cole-imin. Tho youngster raced his car hack toward B.C., when Lnwson flwd and tho boy was wounded in the wrist. � He managed to get �ho car back to Michel, however, and told - 111* father who Is said to hn>e driven to Colonial! and *'l�t ll�' Itollroinan.
PARIS. Sept.-20�Word has been ' received here that Kemal Pasha has .moved his army to a point 60 miles from Constantinople, and close to , tin- neutral zone on the strait. An-i other dispatch says the British j troops and tho Turkish cavalry are ! facing each other In tho vicinity of I Chaanak:
Is Premier Oliver Getting Ready to Resign Office ?
RUMORS FJiOM VICTORIA MENTION J. U*. DE FARRIS AS HIS BVC-CES5OH AND STATE THAT MeOKER WILL UK GIVEN CABINET POSITION AS MINISTER OF RAILWAYS�GENERAL ELECTION MAY COME INSIDE OF A YEAR.
VICTORIA, Kept. 21�That the Liberal convrnition at Nelson on September 2� and 20 promises to be about the morn important ever hcjld in the province is indicated by the keen Interest being taken by prominent Liberals nil over tin- country.
All members of the cabinet will he present, and nearly every Liberal member of the Legislature, The P. G. E. Is-tfio will bo in. tUe limelight and there*now appear Indications that the Vancouver .by-electIon will bo held before the House meets on October lit).
The name of ti. 11. McGeer, K.C., than a year and a half, mid probably looms more prominently than ever before that time a new leader will be ' as the probable government candi- In evidence..
date, and his appointment as minis- The convention vS'ill deal, with a ter of railways Is expected. ' number of Issues which will come be-
While there may- appear little fore the legislature this session, work to do In the railway dispart- Among those will undoubtedly be ment, still It Is considered that the drastic amendments to the. Liquor solution <>f the situation In British Control Act, ho that beer and light Columbia is vastly more important wines may be purchased by tho glass, than It looks to the casual observer, At present time there is dissatlsfac-and should Mr. McGeer be able to lion expressed ovur the attitude of bring order out of the present chaos the brewers and hotelnien,' the Im-tie would be well away to a p'OBltion pre.ssion being thaf^hey want too of prominence in the party. much. But the g^^efal impression
. Another conjecture Is that the for- among members o| ibiTHouHe is thato mer attorney-general. Iloii. J. \V. de the government mSsrho prepared to B, Farrls; Is looming upon the po- take the beer situation courageously lltlcal horizon as a future premier, in hand, even If It is nece.-iaary to Hon. John Oliver Is C"> years of age, provide government drinking parlors and although he may have many with a vendor In charge of each.
g
ears of service left to him. It is
ith g
This was a move advocated by the-
y is Th
only a mutter of time when a sue- present attorney-general when he, as
ivMsor must bo found. Appearances speaker, left the chair and made the
point to a general election lu less proposul on the floor of tho House.
French and Italian Troops Give Up Straits Positions
I
! FRENCH AND ITALIAN DETACHMENTS HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN
FROM THK NEUTRAL ZONK BUT ITALY HAS GIVEN AN ASSURANCE TO IvOUJMANJA THAT BULGARIA ..WILL NOT BK PERMITTED TO CHANGE THK BALKAN STATUS QUO.
LONDON, Sept. 121�Tho reports from the near eaal are somewhat conflicting. While ihe reports from Paris Indicate the trouble may blow over without a clash of nrois, report-t from other .source* Indicate an Intention of the Turkish forces to attempt the forcing of a-passage acrcmn tho straits.
A dlapatch has been received {Jom :'(]H.k I)V tD0 fi7rk7.~in otficlal clr-Constantiuople to the effect thy tlll!|r , - d liia, no matter what
French and Italian detachment* aiid.M�� " is stJte"
flags tire being withdrawn from the may l.xipReri. there *M be no wlih neutral -One of Isrnld and the Dar- dra,v_I of tho British town from the ^ i datielle.s but aKalnst this there Is a Iieu,ru| rone, report from Rome which says the | ---------. tins firlvan ni
JASPER LOPOK CL
JASPER
Jaapor Lodge closed down for the ason on tho 16th.
France to W�^*J ^rla '
WHICH �...
im' In ihi' IlulkaiiH. At'Channk, the key position to the -(Mai, lines iiuvo
bordanolles, t�
British linos
Dardanelles, me u........
been eBtubllahed and re-onforcemt}iit8 arp being drawn from the garrison in Constantinople. Opinion here la
���".I utrnneth will
BRUSSELS, Sept. 21 - The Ford Automobile company haa bousht a.
JSSop the outskirts of Antwerp, where an assembling plant will be built to be Toady for operation early n�xt yoar. Automobile parts will be sent from n*tmlt
are ucj"o ------- nnlnlon here la title pans wio ud ��-......
kS^SfiSiiS SSpS will to Bru8Sels and the cars be .uWdJnt to hold any possible at- here.