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CITIZEN
VOIi. �. NO- �02-
PRINCE GEORGE, B.O., FRIDAY, DKCKMilKK 22nd, 1022.
FIVE CENTS.
Dr. Nanson, Winner Nobel Peace Prize
Prinee George May Get New Public Buildings Soon
"I'HKSKXTMKNT OF, GRAND JURY THAT PRESENT BUILDINGS ARE A MENACE TO SAFETY OF PRISONERS MAY HAVK 1TK Ktt�IK<: lias been i-.ivmmked lo commence work upan buildings in this city, which .-ball be sufficient to bouse thn several departments of the |>n>\ In: in! .-lervice.
Tho lack of proper building a*v- presentment, of the local grand Jury comnioilatioii for the dispatch 01 h.n.s bet�n recpiveda! Victoria. :md it public business in Prince George ii hot unreasonable lo suppose the has been a standing reproach to the decision Jius been reached that tho provincial government for years. It j matter of providing public buildings lias been the subject of finding upon necessary for the proper conduct of -the parr of several grand juries, un- public business, nnd for the safety of til the unusual procedure, was adopt- ihe lives of prisoners cannot be ed of suggesting that further neglect longer delayed, of the bit nation on the part of tin govern men would i><" almost criminal as thn lock-up at South Fort Qeorgc was described as u veritable ' fire-trap. To tm
Geddes now Head [Dearborn Street Station is win Fight all Race
of Rubber Company
Swept by^JFire Yesterday
EIGHT RAILWAY SYSTEMS ENTERING CHICAGO ARE DEPRIVED OF ! STATION FACILITIES AT THE HEIGHT OF THE CHRISTMAS TRAVELS�RAILWAY ICgUlPMKNT IS SAVED HUT -LOSS Wli.i. HUN OVF.il $1,000,000.
f lllt'At.t), l)rv. 22�Tin1 Dearborn street railway station scene of a Kreut cpnilaicatlon yrst�'r�Iay and within one hou sounding or the alarm out- million dollars In property damngc wns i The Hit Iuxh robbed �*'kIii .railway companies of tlicir station faciliti tlio citj'i anil, coming right nl the peak or tho ChrtatnutH travel, is ocrn.Hlon-Ing iiiipreei-.ieir.i1:!-confusion. So far as can be learned, no person was
wan the froi.i the wns ilone.
.ieir.i1:!-c hurt In the fire.
The rriltvay-. enip'.oyiv-* niutle hcrelc efforts nt reselling the rnilway equipment in tho vicinity of tl>^ depot and it is brJIeved all the Chil.stnias mall 11111I �H' pronter number of the pnoscnger toadies were wivexl.
That the sum mentioned would be sufficient Is quite aside from the tiuestfon. Any building erected at ill'' pre�<>nt time would of necosHlty
t tills situation the at- renulre'to be of_brick or stone con-toThey-Benerars department Home atrucUoh, and one hundred thousand; appointment dollars might not morn than start night duty, It. It Is the history of public build-' iiigit that the initial cost is hut the, commencement, once the work iai
| GERMANS EXONERATE BIG HATCH OF "WAIt GUILT'
CASES AT LEIPZIG
BERLIN, nee. '.'1�The supremo
Sir Eric CedtJnH ha� accepted the I court of L��P�je. ilfu'r {1 B=cro1 ��-chalrmanship or ihe board or direct- ston- llas dlsmlsBed ninety-throe cas-or8 of the Dunlop Tire and Rubber 1' of public buildings in this city, where the building may be placed,
much regretted as he has been very bill the best he could get from the whother.Jn the Miller Addition orjn
intimate with the local pulp sltua-[ minister In charge was that (he mat- some other section, but this is a
tion ' Mrs Bonnoy will also be ! t(>r was receiving the attention of the minor matter so long us the decision
��it- u]v"missed In local musical clr- government, This was not much is reached to r^connlze, the claim of
' more than wus stated by the minis- , Prince George to the erection of pub-
Canadian Pacific Railway Heads are very Optomistic
Four years of after-war re-adjusl- steadying In-
Canada in 1922 will yell the world a larger tonnage of food products fluence to the financial and commer- , nn|, foreB, producl8 lhan in nny pro.
I ciul life of the .Dominion and have _., , , ,
enabled us to sje Nearly in what dl- vious >"par- Thls lB bound t'. .iccording to the announce! at ii meeting of tho board of lra< llorbort ltyall. who said that u b ing permit for $25,000 was Issued, Canada, be stated. Imports fj.00,000 tons of the iron oxide each year, and the Roy a) City's output for the first year will be about five tons a month.
j this direction during the coming foundation for such, but a healthy year. In the expansion"of Canada's* development is due, and. In ray opln-foreign trade l|iere is no more im-' Ion, will materialize, with the happi-portant phase, and none for which jest results to all those enK�ged In the outlook is njrlghter than for thatltradf*. Other natlonn having adopt-
Uvhich lies over ihe Pacific Ocean. ; ed a tariff policy, which discourages The confidence;of the Canadian Pa- � foreign trade. Canada will profit by ciflc ilailway management in that re- j their mistakes, and all our seaports. spect is clearly reflected in the com- notably Vancouver, may expect lo pany's expenditure of millions on . participate in an expansion of our terminal facillt.es. seaborne commerce.
E. W. BEATTY. i). C. COLEMAN, President Canadian Pacific Railway, Goneral Manager. C. I'. K. Westein Montreal. Lines. Wlnnlptig.__________
WALLACE REID
RATTLING AGAINST DRUGS
Fore ins life
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 21�-Wallace Reid, motion picture actor, has been on ihe verge of death, according to Mrs. Wallace Held (Dorothy Davenport) In an Interview for the Los Angeles Examiner, given at Hollywood sanitarium.
Reid has been In the hospital hero for several days. Saturday ulfUit Inn wife, Dorothy Davenport, and hi
W. c. Ciiod, Progressive M.P. for
[ I'r.uii. d
gressive M.P. for clares hn will seek" at the on of parllamnnt to bar. gambling in Canada.
j M vi 11 !�: MACDOXALD
l.l\i:s STATED CASE OX
liIC.VI. MVni>EK TItlAL
Mr.
Justie
ha
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mother, told the.story'of Wally's hat-1 a'KnnHir
tlo against drugs. stated caso In
.Enslaved while being "a good fol- l^aVs Rppllcatlpn on January 9 low" to folrwealher friends, they , ""' f'"'"-i of Appeal for a new trial
Th 11 1l
A. Macdonald's n appended to a nection with Fred n on January 9 to
Hald, he suddenly came to realize hi. , condition; went to a quiet mountain I roHort nnd there, single-handed, fought out to a dramatic finish his great fight.
llo then returned to bin Los An-
legal buttle lo save the convicted inurdiTor from the gallows on January -(> is being wagnd by Mr. ('. S Arnold. Mr. Itnbcri Sinlth, crown prosecutor at Deal's trial, approved ilii- statement which had been pre-
ROUND MKAIJOWS PRODUCES PRIZE PANTHER OF SEASON
Dec. 20. 1922.
HOUSE RK.IKCTKI) MANSOX'S AMENDMENT TO MAKK
JOBS FOR LIFE
'The Editor: -In fait
VICTORIA. Dec. 20�With the ex-
j journal, 1 notice a report of a man [named Albion Miller who had cap-...--, -� v ;v^ defeated lo be the native of mib-troplcal cli-iof the compensation board mate. It now comes to my know-1 Mr. Kergln, supported by ledge through the old II.X. stage j Liberal and Conservative
several embers,
'ledge througn me oki n..-v. o...,,....................
I driver, Al. Young, that they are not ; insisted that this was a bad principle, knowing of several | although a number of those who'vot-f tins animal appearing led for Mr. Gergin's motion stute 1 damage, and bnlnR cap-j that they had non<' but praise for the Cariboo. He told me, i present members of the board, whose
uncommon, he Instances of this | and dolnj t turod In the
Sir Henry Thornton, head of the Canadian National Hallways, photographed us he Bat at his desk in Toronto for the first time.
Council Supports Closing of Streets in the Mill Site
country.
It now appears that
that famous trap-
is of offlco under the present act in 1925, 19H6 am......"
pared at Mr. Arnold's request and m Mr. Justice Mucdonald's direction.
His lordship points out that the cast' is rosorved for the Court of Ap-p.'al under section 1014 of the Crlm-Tlie defense, he state-;, 1< several exceptions to his charge tn the jury. Mr. Justice Macdonald states ho refused to accedo to Mr. Arnold's request that he should charge the Jury:
"If the Jury believes that bis (the accused's) evidence that ho did not point this Kiln at McHeath or did not point it at Quirk, and ho had no intent�no Intention of shooting anybody nnd in the scuffle the gun was discharged and McHeath was unfortunately killed, then he (the accused i In not guilty of the crime with wiiiiM he is charged."
A j raiiKcrlpt of tho evldouce. relied upon by counsel for the dutetiBO. together with the judge's charge, Is attached to the statement.
Tho questions reserved for the consideration of the Court of Appeal are: - >
"1. Was I right In refusing to instruct tho Jury as so' roquosted by counsel for the prisoner,
"-1. Is tho prisoner entitled to a new trial?'!
which Item buyers were-sent into the
.v ...... _,..____ the local I
market is extreinely good, uud tho fanners can dispose of their stuff
per Ernie Levesque of Round Mead-1 expire in l��u&, lyjti aim u^i .. ows. was going over his trap Hue and spectlvely, the chairman being tty* discovered, at one of his sets, the one to bold tho longest appointment/! trap had been broken away from the ---------------------
locally with the greatest ease, fact, on 1 siil � buyers have no
In
busi-
� i nesa nt all i� th
WHO HAVE IMPROVEMENTS OX-GOVICItNMKNT LOTS WILL rld,cUlouB prices.
EPARTMEXT OF | -Inconnectio
:ies4 at all In the country with their
OE GIVEN FURTHER CONSIDERATION BY DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND REPRESENTATIVE WILL VISIT CITY SHORTLY TO CO INTO THE QUESTION AGAIN.
The re^ii-st of .1. I). MvAWhW for the co-operation of the City council in his effort* to Secure the closing of certain struts and lanca which blsin-the sawmill site at So.Hl. Fort George, ncclved the unanimous "PP^val iif the aldermen at last nifeht'H ineottaff.
General satisfaction was expressed with the terms of Mr. McArlhur's letter to Mayor Johnson In which ho mitlined the progress which had b
In connection with my trip into tlif Fraser Lake district, It can bo stated that seven, cents per pound \\a;i the loweut price offered by- me, with other prices In accordance with
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mado with tho sawmill project, and formal resolution was movod by
,..v quality of the goods offered.
"Mike Tangedale may have shuu;!i-tered twenty head at some time or other, but this full, up to the tlmo of my trip; he luul killed seven In'aif.
,, ,. ,, i only theSG being cows, not stoera.
gave the owners ol the improvi-mems i .;, �� , , , ,. f
,,,. � , ��,. . . ,... I "Doea The L.-ader. when it refers
until Deci'inber ^'<>th to acquire title . , , , . , , .,
,, . , i � i .� i � to th'1 cattle eft In the Country,
�o the lots upon which their improve- , , ..
i .. ...... i...__. , I mean that several of the ranchers
have 'jo or LT> bead each, or nro the
moms Bioud �.r forfotl their Interest iave , ,�. so ,�..............
k formal resolution was moved �> | In in? "ame. Mr. Perry now informs ! .I(J of .- h,,1(1 ownP(, collectively; In Alderman Alward. seconded by Aid-^ the council tile minlstor of^nJ^'" .....
iriuan Taylor, that tho council endorse the request of Mr. McArtbur lor the closing of the streets and lanes in que.uion. A resolution will bo drafted in compliance with the request, and certified copies of sunie will be forwarded to Mr. Arthur. Hon. T\ D. Pattullo, minister "I lands, and II. G. Perry, M.L.A. Tho city library was given a new
HL-nd a repFesentutlve to the city to go Into ilm matter again with a View to reaching a settlement.�,
The council authorized Thomas Rush to collect tin1 garbage from the the. j restaurants and residences,in the city Me-land to make his own terms with the persons availing themselves of the service. ' �
Mrs. Peter Thompson made an application to the council fur permission to rent the soTdler-lodh houso held by her husband. Tho monthly
the latter trouble lu
wned there should b
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anchor chain and carried bodily off. He could not trace It at tho time, but two days later, when two miles from his trapping cabin, his dog trailed the animal up, where it had sought refuge among tho roots of an upturned tree. Tho -dog went forward mid engaged It, while Ernie cut u long hooked pole and upprouched
ked p
the tree. Working his pole the roots, he was fortunate
enough
me riMjia, ..^ .-......
to catch the hook of the pole In the trap, and, drawing It backward, be took off his w.ihii belt and fastened the pole to another tTee. then going around to where the dog was, he waited until the animal made a plunge for ihe do;;, when he got'bis work In with hi.i axo, having no rifle
along.
"When measured, this cougar was fourteen feel six inches from lip to tip. "M. B. FKKUKUIA.
"Prince George Hotel."
disposing of them. �'Yours truly.
��G. G. PETERS.
FAT MK.N.AMI LEAN MEN WILL
1'KillT IT OUT AT HOCKEY
VANCOUVER LONGSHOREMEN
WILL UNLOAD MAKURA
VANCOUVER, Dec. 22 � Local longshoremen have voted down, the proposal received from New Zealand striking uuanien that Vancouver refuse to unload tho Makura when she arrives on Saturday with a scratch crew, shipped during the strike In tho antipodes. The nhlp will be unloaded as usual. PREMIER OLIVER GETS
GOOSE.
LIVER O
DID THE DONOIW
COOK ITV
VICTORIA, Dec. 22�Premier Oliver has been present with a gooso tor his Christmas dinner. It arrived to-dayby expres.n from the growers of Bulkley Valley, who said they wanted to honor tb�> premier by Bending him the best goose from the best part of tho province.
OOVERXMRNT COUNSEL SHUT
OPPOSITION LEADER OFF
BEER SELLING STILL CALLS FOR IMPRISONMENT FOR
FIRST OFFENCE
Before the administrator appeared '� Wiis """"" "i.....
on Saturday to close the legislative | Hornsby. C. Jones. 11. Paincy, II session. Capt. Ian MacKenzle made 'Porter and J C. 1'id^eon and the a final effort to got fines for Ilrst! !�*" leam of �?x WelRh.. Va^r.Somer, beer-sellinK offencos; instead of lm-'A- -M�rf:it' p; Bleacy, A. J. Rogers
ntwi E. M. Sales. For spare mater-
---------- , Ql'KHlOC. Dec. HI�Arthur SttUvo,
The local skaters are endeavoring |Oa,ior of the opposition in the logls-to stage a hockey match on Sunday ja�urOi appeared before the Garneau afternoon between tho. fats and the mnrder romuilssloii today, but the loans. If the weather permits. In government counsel objected to a
the first.drawing the fat. men's team numl,er^ of leading questions and! _______
made up or Thief Cnrlow. W;jnolh|ug wfts ,,liC|U.(i of any import- MELBOtfRNB, Dec. 22�An anal
I sis of the popular vote in th<
h home to make himself ready to resume his old place in the film world, when he was suddenly stricken with hiH present baffling Illness. The crisis, they said, was passed Wednesday, since When ho has shown j 'na'' ( "ll slight improvement daily.
MEDICAL MEN
WILL DISCUSS NEW CURE
FOR DIABETES
ROCHESTER, N.V.. D.-o. 21 � A special program dealing with the newly diHcovered treatment for diabetes worked out almost simultaneously by Dr. John R. Murlln of the University of Rochester, and Toronto scientists. Is planned at the three-day meeting of medical men In Toronto, December -7. "s and 20.
Dr. Murlln. in one of bis papers, to be read at the session, will discuss the methods of administering the pancreatic extract used in the treatment. At present the serum is injected Into the blood current and thus Ib not an entirely satisfactory method, it Is wild. Oihnr phases of tho treatment will bo discussed in other papers.
HUGH EXPENDITURES
'�ey ITal(nvlfrjHl^..Ta.lUiLIK\K j
chequer, replying to a question In the House of Commons, stated that grants for unomployment-, including ihose to dependents, during the pas; three years total 18,005,420 pounds In addition, there are repayable advances which amount to 14,580,000 pounds.
Fortune in Whisky Strewn Along Long Island Shores
SAILORS ON A RUM-RUNNER MUTINY OFF THE POUT OF NEW YORK AM) THROW SEVENTEEN HUNDRED CASKS INTO THE SEA IN PROTEST AGAINST KKING ON SHORT ICAT1ONS.
NEW YORK, Dec. '1'Z�Long Island is the mecca of tho tlilrsty ones at
! i bo present time ami there lire hundreds of prized a wafting the lucky ones.
j At tin- present time tin-re ure clone upon one and a-bulf million dollars'
worth or whisky flouting around the shorwi of tho Island which do�w not
belong to anyone mid, save for thn wntchfulmsss of the prohibition officers,
Ihn chances for its recovery Mould be good. <
Long Inland's big whisky prencnt cauio from one of the largest vessels In tho rum-runninR trade between this port nml (tie Iiuhanuis. The operators were trying to laiul the cargo but mri �lili conalderablc difficulty, So much lime was comaim**! -ihstfr -K^iri-s of nil kinds rnn Nhoi-t and, as making Its Identity known would l.-�d to raptuw. the creiv was put on short rations. Tliis led to inutln) *n<\ �.�f�r�- the offiotrH could stop them the willors had iluinnc�l I.Tiio ���.e, �.r \\lilsV�. vnluctl at #1.700,000, Into
I bo sen.
The ship Is on Us \\h> I>.-ii U to lb�- ll-liaiiia-. with tin* bnlanro of its. ��argo and prohiblrlon offirrrn an.l hootl r- are plnjinjt Wile and �eek with one another Iryliic lo r.'c.�\er � .1-�� a- ih.-y *r^ wuhIkmI ashore
ST NAZARIO, Franco, Doc. 21� The coasting steamer Vintlles foundered yesterday after having been rammed by the Norwegian freighter Asturias, Nine members of tho vessel's crew were lost.
LABOR POLLED HEAVY
VOTE IN AUSTRALIA
Mart I'oli
nt
but failed. Attorney--, ^ ^ ^ mPU |)avi, Mav0,- Johnson.
ihemoiuhly payments being kept up. jfiii!J ^^ Mj.s M E Smltnt ��
had not Mr. Pitman offered to take tho library over for six months urn
Patterson.
see whnthV>Rr'eater"intereBt can be j P^^^J^^'jern^T'^unton, it : �("iver;
Tho/je-favorlnB Van-i)avid Whitesido. New West-
(n minster.; Capt
Ian MacKonzie. Van-Kergln. Atlln; H. G.
n-euted in It. The proposal of M^! ^Td'ecideil to refer the matter ...
Pitman will �W Involve the ^���l�l-:�?-�^ W. Ander-
Kainloops;
Whitmorc and James Beaven. Some ! of tho players can skate, Borne of j them hre learning and some of them �
a nee.
MAGUIRE AND FLEMING
FIGHT IT OUT FOR MAYOR
TORONTO. Uec. 21�Mayor Alfred Magulre and ex-Mayor Robert J. KlomlnK were nominated today for i the office of mayor. There are oight �nndidates in the'running for the oc-�usion on the board of control.
the chairman
lil any expense ou account of mnn-
agement. He will move the library !�"* r,nnnc
�Inwn to his music store on Third Tne.^ iinai -. _
avenue and will make a charne ofl.mcndo. he p.ijn.cn
one dollar per annum to those who amounting to i-^l
aeslre to use the books. The resolu-j I'K'ICES AROU.
lion turning tho librnry over to the. liljl- _ft V j XK,.; XUyt fjoOD ! donald
innnaRoment of Mr. Pitman was; �'.'���� ' ^_
moved by Alderman Taylor and
�muled by Alderman jClward.
them nre leuimue u�u ...
enn just mnnaRO to stand on tUoir j .sTlfllvIXb . ^ ^ ^
Zadelovleh was fined $50 MNxintrate Daniel! on >Ved-ces.jay. upon a charge qt selling beer. This Is the first of the prosecutions launched by tho special agents of the liquor board. W. P, Ogilvio appeared Tor tho defence and P. E. Wilson for
Australian olectlons shows Labor polled 100,000 more votes In sonato and bouse elect Ions* tluin did the Na- i^e prosecution
ionalists. �
The Alexandra hotel was the scene f much merriment on Wednesday
"'""��� �-:----- , veiiiiiR, when .Mrs. J. H. Johnson en-
Put-in Bay yesterday and the pas- ,(irIalne(1 � ,DrRn Ponipany of Mend:
SANDUSKY, Mich., Doc. 21- The steamer. Tourist was frozen In at
I'Ul-in DO) .rvaivi>...j
sengoraand brew walked ashoj-.e over [upl"^'.^'^*^^ rTf"�y"coupl^s danced until
the ice
�Editor:
Pooley, Esqulmalt; J. H. Schofield. Trail; N. A. Wai linger, Cra'ibrook; Thomas Uphill. Fernio; K. C. Mac-Norih Okanngan; Kenneth Campbell, Nelson; nnd Canon Hlnch-cllffe. Vlctorlu. .,
-The Fraser Lake .orrcspondent j ^ ^ H,.:|(KX pRASER
DIVORCED IN
d It ions permit tho
them off with his whistle.
THE SALVATION ARMY
The Salvation Army Christmas entertainment will take place in the ; Army Hall on Wednesday. Dec. 27th, at 8 p.m. All are Invited to come. /ONDON especially the parents oMhe children i who attend tho Sunday school.
An alteration id being made In the
. Dnc. 21_Lady Helen .^^nTb^n* of auditor of Francis Laur- S*inflay JnBtead of navlnR ,t
ttle. has been Riven a dl-, the �* wU, be chanBed
her husband. Sir John j at 11 �m.. c Hol,ne88
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ser. the well known lee
i p.m., nun H K-___ Hollnei
meeting .will be held In the morning.
i ed here that two of the inlnns In the Kdmonton. field have decided to recognize the U.M.VV.A, and will enforce closed mines In accordance with the wishes of the miners.
DANES ARK ANXIOUS TO
tOMK TO CANADA
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 22�Horn use of unemployment, two hundred fam-Iliea wh.o desire to mlRXntn to Canada have cabled Mackenzie King asking tor financial aw/lstanca for passage money. A reply has not be�n r�-colvad.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jackson arrived In the city today and are registered al thf1 Alexandra hotel.
Minn N. Reid left * yesterday to spend her Christmas holidays at _the coast.
Mr. Brown, of Fort GeorRt*. is nn-| other Christmas visitor to the con
laid
ilie' small hours of the morning. A very msty supper was served during
ihe evening.
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There was something in the naturn of a mlx-up amonK tho city 'merchants on Wednesday;over the matter of doHiiij; tlioir stores. Under � --., ,,^t nb-
tblii tho nier-