PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN.
With Which Is Amalgamated the Prince George Leader
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PRINCE GEORGE, B.C., THURSDAY, JULY 19th, 1923.
FIVK CENTS.
Negotiations for Sale
of P. G.E. Will be Opened
��REMlKIt OL1VKU SAYS THE MATTER WILL BE TAKEN UP BY HON. j p. Me LEAN. MINISTEIS OF RAILWAYS, UPON HIS RETURN TO I 111) ( ATITAL� PRIVATE SYNDICATE IS CREDITED WITH HAVING MADE OFFER FOR THE ROAD.
VICTORIA, July 18�Theie is much speculation in political circles hero a.s i<> whit there may Im" behind the statement made by Premier oli�W of the P.GJS. railway will be undertaken by Hon. J. I>. McLean,
minist Wheth
�>f railways, upon Ids return from a tour of the mainland. h il'(> Rovernni'cnt road will eventually become a portion of the
anadian National or Canadian Pacific railway systems is a matter for
he P. :' thi lit i �--1
ifferent times Premier Oliver ioayored to unload the rail-, tile C.P.R. and on the do-Bovernment, but neither ap-lo I)-1 very much interested, then both transcontinental � systems have been showing riiess to get into the Peace ,, tion, and the P. G. E. han � | a ^router value in conse-as affording a direct en-i'nto Vancouver. known that men close to the : have been feeling out tlra hi in Victoria with respect to G E.i but so far no official big railway company has ad-that he knows of the rail-i existence. In view of the which Premier Oliver has been ng lu.iinst the C. P. R. and cer-ni its officials over the,matter ?lght rates, he may not be very advantageously situated to open negotiations with the C. P. R. com-pany for the purchase of the gov-ernment line, and speculation inclines to t!n> view that he may try and make use of the C. P. R.'s de-s re i" acquire the road to induce the federal government to take it
Premier Oliver. In the course of his interview, said he was not in a position to confirm the story that provim ia] interests were negotiating for the purchase of the P. G. E., or that the same interests had surveyors out In the country between Prince George and the Peace River. This syndicate is believed to be close tothft C. P. Ft.
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DIVISIONAL POINT TO MOVE
FROM LUCERNE TO JASPER
EDMONTON, July 18�The plans for the removal of the divisional point on the Canadian National system from Luc-erne to Jasper have been completed, and it is announced the removal will be effected in a short time. Premier Oliver interested himself in th-a matter-of the retention of Lucerne as a divisional point, as the removal to Jasper means n loss to the province in favor of Alberta, but he was not able to influence the decision of the railway management, which calls for the consolidation of the O. T. P. and ('. X. R. divisional points at Jasper. !
City Employees Enjoy Picnic at Six-Mile
Entertain Ijargo Company of Friend*
Under Delightful Conditions
at the Lake
Barnardo Boy Confesses
to Shooting of Mrs. Hall
Jto cover up the shooting he then set fire to the dwelling TO WHICH HE HAD ASSISTED THE WOMAN�MI*W. HAM, IS NOW IN KAMLOOPS HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL CONDITION WITH BULIiET IN HER BRAIN.
Boating Fishing and Field Sports
Round Out a Good Day With
Pleasant Drive Honii*
The municipal picnic at Six-Mile lake on Wednesday afternoon proved one of the most enjoyable outings of the season. Although the weather looked threatening in the morning, the clouds cleared away and the civic employees and their guests spent a delightful day on tho shores of a summer resort which in a few years will be one of the most popu-
lar places in the interior.
The city fathers were all there with the exception of Alderman Lockyer, who decided he had better follow the time-honored axiom of making hay on his Salmon River farm while the sun was shining. He has one of the greatest crops of hay this year that the north country has produced, and pleasure and picnics have to give way to the harvesting of it.
Mayor Johnson, who organized the municipal picnic, was on the job early, and saw to it that all arrangements went off smoothly. Alderman Saunders spent a large part of the day in teaching a bunch of youthful picnickers the mysteries of navigation on the lake, while Aldermen Patterson, Taylor and McLean lent their assistance to a frenzied game of baseball. The rival teams were captained by Chief Carlow and Ald-. erman Ogllvie, with Police Commls-
formed the Prince George Into | KiOner Tom Rush holding down the Rest Hotel in North I difficult post of umpire. The ground
w;is rough, and the ball, which was of football dimensions, acquired slippery tendencies through frequent excursions into the lake, all of which tended to furnish no end of fun for the spectators. P. E. Wilson, city
The Prince George Hotel is re- j solicitor, acted as scorer. He built
Prince George Hotel Reopens on July 28th
Thr�Mi Woek-s' Work Has Trans-
First-Class Grill Will be Run In
Connection by Messrs. A. Dernas
ami O. Kalia.s
ceiving its finishing touches prepar-
Penny Sawyer Met Frightful Death Saturday
Thrown Against tjhe Saw His Body Was Severed into Halves Before Horrified Mates
atory to its re-opening on Saturday, July 28th. It is not expected that j the work of renovation will be en-! tlrely completed by that date, but � Mayor Johnson is assured he will he I in a position to comfortably house i all his guests.
The overhauling of this property has worked a transformation in this section of George street, and one effect of the hotel's re-opening will be to shift the commercial center of the city from Third avenue back to
Coron
Jury, After Hearing Evi-
dence l>c<'idti Death was Due to Carelessness
Lauchlln \V. McKenzie, a sawyer employed in the Red Mountain Lumber Company's mill at Penny, met a shocking death just before noon on Saturday, when he was thrown upon the saw and had his body severed from tho top of his head to his hips.
The accident was witnessed by
it up as he would a bill of costs, and announced the result as 18 to 28. Each side claimed the big end, but tbls issue the umpire declined to decide and the ultimate issuv remaina In doubt.
There was also a ball game between two teams of ladies. Many of them had never seen-the game before, but they made a better fist of it than most of the men. The teams were listed as the Bees and the Hornets and the feature of the game was the battery work of Myra Ren-wick and Helen Quinn for the Bees, and Gladys Wilson and Mrs. W. Bexon for the Hornets. Thomson Ogg. manager of the Bank of Com-
floor. The sixty rooms on the first and second floors have been repaint-
KAMJXK)P.S. July 18�Kric Stanley, the seven toon-year-old Barnado boy, and former boy s<-out nnd choir boy from Tunbridge Wells, England, has confessed to tho shooting of Mrs. Hall, of Salmon Arm, ami to tlte burning of the Hall home while Mrs/2-Hall was lying unconscious from the effect of n bullet in the region of tho brain.
The confession came after a grilling by Police Inspector Fernie. The shooting, Stanley claimed, was accidental. His story was that he had never fired a gun before, and, in-
VANCOUVER CHINAMAN
SHOOTS DOWN WHITE -MAN WHOM HE SAYS SLAPPED HIM
VANCOUVER. July 18�John C. Jones, a B. ('. Electric lineman, who lived on Union street with two small children, was shot to death on Pen-der street this afternoon by a China-gian. In a statement to the police the Chinaman said he did not know his victim, but that a couple of days previously he had been hit by the white man without cause. � When they met yesterday, the Chinaman says, he was slapped again and he shot and killed for this reason.
Arthur Bellos On Trial Today For Assault
Was Committed by Stipendiary Magistrate Daniel] l>ast Week Upon Two Charges
The Second Encounter Game While
Police Were Taking Care of
First Casualty
those who planned the city figured it should be. Within the I past three weeks the property has
ed and refurnished, and are easily the most inviting of any hotel In the province north of Vancouver.
A very handsome grill has been fitted up in what was formerly the dinlngroom, of the hotel. This has been very tastefully decorated, and, In addition to the lunch counter, will have four commodious booths, with
mill crew, but they were power-I p private diningroom in the rear.
less to render any assistance. Me-j The kitchen arrangements represent
Kenzie was an old sawyer, and was I the last word in culinary facilities,
careless in his handling of the ma-! with an up-to-date ice house
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and
ry. There was a lever lock on irriage which ho was using, but McKenzi,. frequently neglected to Shortly before noon on Sat-the the
of the saw, and while he was tho carriage started, moved back and stopped
it.
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carriage, but failed to use the
lock. He then engaged himself aBaln with the water-pipe, and while so employed the carriage started a second time. He did not notice this, anil u;,s struck by the carroage and "Town by it atcalnst the saw sideways. It was all over In an instant. a* the head and torso were divided Wo halves, the saw passing juBt In ront of tho backbone, severing all the ribs am, nrma
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was brought in to the on Saturday evening and nn -Rt was ordered by Coroner ry Ouest, before a jury composed v M. Patterson. J. C. Pldgeon. Mcllson. Cecil Jonas, W. J. son and Paul Wleland. The �. ' ,n'i� of fnur niRn ^om the mill , drill i ?"' after wh!rh � verdict of I *k�-i ' :)rfliflont was returned, for!
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pooling room. The grill will be under the personal management of Messrs. A. Demns and G. Kalias, who have built up an enviable reputation pb restaurnnteurs, and who aim to make the Prince George grill the social center of the city.
In the rear of the. building, on tho ground floor, are the premises occupied by the Prince George Hotel Club. The barber shop, in common with the other rooms, has been ro-decorated and will bo retained for the convenience of guests, while, the billiard room and a portion of the pool room will be fixed up as sample rooms for commercial men.
The exterior of the building is now receiving a couple of coats of paint. The lobby and office of the hotel will be given attention next week. The scheme of decoration and furnishing mapped out for this portion of the hotel should make It the commercial center for the city, with lighting features which �'" ninko it particularly cheerful homelike.
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HANDSOME QUESNEL CHURCH
IS DESTROYED BY FIRE
Word has been received in this city that the Anglican church and rectory at Queanel were destroyed by fire on Saturday night. The church was the most pretentious place of worship in the interior of British Columbia and its loss will be keenly felt. The church had been closed for some, time awaiting the arrival of a clergyman to take charge, and the origin of the fire Is a mystery. The loss is estimated at $20,000.
consistent support of a large i
company of rooters, which aided him greatly when called upon to make
close decisions. Alexander Moffat ncted as official scorer for this contest, and performed his duties to hU own satisfaction, giving runs to all to whom he thought were deserving, without regard to the decisions of his "umps". According to his bookkeeping the Bees won with a score of 86 to 68.
There were all kinds of races, which were run upon the Harry Lauder principle of equal prizes for all contestants. The big event, of the day was the fat man's race in which Chief Carlow, J. C. McKenzie, W. Graham, Alderman Ogllvie, Alex Stewart and J. Todd started. Chief Carlow had the misfortune to blow a tire when the signal was given, and prevented Alderman Ogilvl�> from getting away with the field, but the rest of them negotiated tlr�> distance and McKenzie finished an
easy first, with Stewart second and :_"_,�/;�""',r,~"..'.y\~", .�n""i.n""" � Todd third. This race drew a cLil- S"^^ t " e.^pho f ^wlX len^ f;�mJ1It-V Cpr,k Tate hatfoh! McMillan was away Bellos emerged
?�U!d P nn McIr"z!f T,VO yi�S � fri>�' ">� Royal hotel and eroded
in thv 100 and beat him. The long ^ g ^ h Av�grus was
chief said he did not need aj hand - 8ta dmg B � R d Xvejrus if
The hearing of the cases against Arthur Bellos, upon two charges of assault, was called before Judge Robertson in the county court thin afternoon, and was proceeding when The Citizen went to press. A. McB. Young is acting for the crown, which has charge of the prosecution, and J. M. McLean is appearing for . the defence.
Arthur Bellos was committed by Stipendiary Magistrate Danioil on Wednesday to stand trial upon two charges of assault, growing cut of a disturbance in the G. T. P. club. The preliminary hearing occupied the attention of the court nn Saturday morning and for the greater pnrt of Monday, and was folllow.nl with close interest by the members of the Greek colony.
The story of the witnesses for thi prosecution was that Bellos entered the G. T. P. club on Friday eveuing and stood watching a card game in which an old man named Mike Vin-sky was playing. Without any apparent provocation Bellos was said to have walked over to where Vin-sky was sitting and to have hit him with his fist, knocking him to the floor. The manager of the club, named Summers, and Nick Ave^rus, interceded and stopped the" fracas. Vinsky then loft the club und Bellos followed him out shortly after. The men met again outside the club and Yinsky was so badly beaten up that he had to be removed to the hospital, where he remained in an unconscious condition for some time. This was the story of the first assault.
The framework of the second charge came when Nick Avegrus, coming out of the G. T. P. club found Yinsky unconscious on the street. He started buck for the club for assistance when he saw Police Officer McMillan and called to him. The police officer decided to summon
tending to shoot at a rabbit, the gun accidentally went off and the bullet struck Mrs. Hall, who was only a few feet away from him. The prisoner helped Mrs. Hall into the house and then set fire to the premieres. The woman was rescued from the burning building and Is now in tho Royal Inland hospital with a bullet in the brain and her condition is regarded as extremely critical.
The Hall family has lived at Salmon Arm for the past twelve years, and in the fire the family lost everything. The citizens of Salmon Arm have taken up a relief fund.
SAANICH MAN IMRS AS
RESULT OF WASP
STING
VICTORIA. July IS�-B. S. Vikers. a carpenter, livinK in Saanich, died today as the result of a wasp sting. He was about to drink a glass of lemonade when a wasp flew into the glass and went half-way down his throat. The sting of the wasp in the throat caused sufficient swelling to result in complete strangulation.
HAIL STORMS COMMENCE
DAMAGE IX SASKATCHEWAN
REGINA, July 18�Saskatchewan had the worst storm of the year on Tuesday when thousands of acres of crop were laid low with hail. Numerous reports have been received of the killing of live stock and the destruction of farm buildings. It is impossible to get any estimate of the damage at present as the storm took down hundreds of miles of telephone und telegraph wires.
cap. but he wns forced to take It. "While the two were jockeying for a start Stanley George expressed the opinion that neither of the contestants should pose ns fiprintora. He backed into the contest and proved an easy winner with Tato second. McKonzie stenmed in some distance in the rear with the story that he h�d placed one of his feet in a copher hole, but Judges McLean and Moffat held It wns pnrt of the race to keep out of such nlaces.
In the evening the ladies served nn excellent supper nnd the picnic broke up about 8 o'clock.
SIH JOHN HKNPHIE, OF
HAMILTON. DIES AT JOHN
HOPKINS HOSPITAL
BALTIMORE. July 18�Sir John Hendrie. of Hamilton, formerly lieutenant-governor of Ontario, died on Tuesday at the John Hopkins hospital. The deceased was a great patron of the turf in Canada.
he was a watchman and received ft reply In the affirmatlvo. Then, according to the story told by Avogrus, Bellos drew a "black-Jack" and endeavored to hit him over the head with it, but the force of the blows wns broken by the Avogrus defence. Tho two men were fighting in the door of the telegraph office when Police Officer McMlllan returned, und Ayegrus called to the officer to secure the "'black-jack" which Bellos was using. Bellos did not have the weapon in his hand at the time, but upon being searched in the police office it was found in his hip-pocket.
The evidence of Mr. and Mrs. Demns, who live over the business premises of A. M. Patterson, was taken. They heard tho racket and also testified to hearing Avegrus calling to have the "black-jack*' taken away from Bellos.
This constituted the weight of the evidence against Bellos on the charge of assaulting Avegrus.
Pulp Company Engineers Are Busy on Plans
Promoters of Pulp and Papw* Mill
Revise Plans to Increase Hydro
Plant Capacity
Waters of Stuart, and Trembleur
Ijakes to b*� Storod to Im-ii-a.so
Flow in tho Nwhaco
E. W. Bowness. of tho Empire Engineering Company, of Edmonton, who is also the consulting engineer for the hydroelectric plant which the promoters of the pulp and paper mill have planned for the Isle Pierre rapids, passed through the city on Tuesday evening's train. He waa nccompanied by Robert Tyhurst, the local representative of the pulp and paper company, and at this city picked up Jack Bremnor. his local representative, and F. P. Burden of this city.
The party is bound for Stuart and Trembleur lakes to look into the feasibility of storing tho waters of the same to ensure an even tire flow in the Nechako during the low-water stage. This step Is being taken in view of a revision of the company's plans for the development of tho water power at Isle Pierre, and If the storage of the water in the lakes in question can be brought ibout with a reasonable expenditure it will greatly increase the power which enn bo developed at Islo Pierre.
Although stating that they were not in a position to discuss the plans of the pulp and paper company, both Mr. Bowness nnd Mr. Tyhurst lutl-mated that something in the way of an early announcement of the company's Intentions in the matter of proceeding with tlu> big project might bo confidently expected. Both have been confident of the ultimate outcome of tho negotiations for the building of the mill, despite the delays which hnve been encountered, nnd intimate that the company's building plan may now be upon even larger lines than wns at first entertained.
W. Ware, inspector for the Hudson's Bay Company, left the city on Wednesday for Forts McL'eod and Grahame. He will go in by way of Summit lake.