PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN _____________________ With Which la Amalgamated the Prince George Leader VOL. PRINCE UEOIME, B.O., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18th, 1028. CENTS. premier Oliver Makes Light of Election Rumor S(()ri,.s of Impending Changes ii Cabinet Kepp People Guessing at the Capital .Attorney-General Manson is Said to bo Considering Running in Vancouver VICTORIA, Oct. 17�Premier Oliver, in addressing the local Liberal association here last night, went to some trouble to correct the impression that there is to be a general election immediately following the coming session. He repeated his statement that the government still has two years to go. The government, he said, was in no hurry to go to the people and election talk might insidored as premature. For the past few days there I'.as been considerable speculation in the press as to the probability of an early election following the session which opens this month, and many profess to gee unmistakable signs. There sire also a number of rumors of cabinet changes. Vancouver city has been without cabinet representation for a long time, although Victoria has two representatives in Premier Oliver and Finance Minister Hart. Prince Rupert, it is also pointed out. has two representatives in the minister <>f lands and the attorney-gen-eral. It is admitted that Hon. Mr. Manson sits for the Omineca district, but for all practical purposes his home>oen many people injured even if no loss of life resulted. Just whac caused the fire has not been determined but it jumped with great rapidity to,the panoramic curtains and threw out such a heat that it scorched the faces of the twenty men silting in thfc orchestra. The men Played the game and kept the music KoinR until the asbestos curtain could be lawered. In a few seconds It rolled down slowly and ths fire was shut off from the front of the 'liciitre. The audience left the theatre hurriedly but orderly, and it is the boast of the management that not even a hat was left behind. KKIiGIAN PLAN FIXES THE GERMAN PAYMENT AT FIFTY BILLION GOLD MARKS PARIS, Oct. 17�The Belgian reparations payment plan, fixing the German indemnity at fifty billion R"ld marks, has been presented to l�e inter-allied reparations commission. SCHOONER "BLUENOSE" WILL DKFEND TITLE NEXT WEEK HALIFAX, Oct. 17�The Canadian S(nooner Bluenose, champion of the mternatlonal fishermen's race. wUl �o the defender in the races which WH1 commence off Halifax on Octo-l)(?r 27th. DUNCAN, Oct. 17�President Joe Harwood, of Vernon, in his presidential address before the twentieth annual convention of the British Columbia .school trustees' association, which opened here on Tuesday, denounced the moving picture show and the auto as the two greatest dls-tractors of the youthful mind of the province. The president also urged the necessity for consolidated schools in many of the rural districts, in order that the children of the settlers might have a' better opportunity for education. In his travels through the country, he said, he had encountered some of the brightest children, who, If given the same educational raclllties as were afforded in the cities, would make great marks in life, because they were removed from three great evils which distracted the city children, in the form of moving pictures, automobiles and kindred excitements. If it were possible, President Har_-wood said, he would like to see provision made in the provincial statutes that no child attending school should be permitted to attend a moving picture show during the school days of the week. There are about fifty school trustees in attendance at the convention in addition to F. G. King, president of the Alberta school trustees' association. Workmen Win on Appeal in Case of Woodman's Lien Court Sots Aside Decision of Judge Robertson that Liens Filed Were Defective- I>ast of the Wage Claims Under th � Mimli Contract Havo Now Been Cleaned Up P. E. Wilson returned from thi coast on Sunday evening where he was appearing before the court o appeal in the case of Foreman vs Mutch ajjd the U. G. G. Sawmills This was a wage case in which some 27 men were originally Interested When the case came before Judge Robertson he held that lienB filec were defective in that they did not set out the name of the contractor for whom the work sued for was performed. There were about twenty-one of the cases In which the amount sued fbr was less than $100 and they were debarred from an appeal by reason of the small amount of the claim. Later they started proceedings under sections 37 and 38 of the Woodman's Lien for Wages Act and recovered* the amount of. their claims in full with costs. In the remaining six cases an appeal was entered by W. P. Ogilve to recover costs on the original action as well as the amount of the wage laims and it was this action which was decided by the court of afpp' on Thursday and Friday at Vancou-er. Mr. Wilson appeared on behalf of the U. G. G. Sawmills and W. P. Ogilvie for the wage claimants was represented by E. C. Mayers, of Vancouver. The appeal court, on a division of three to two, decided to reverse the decision of Judge Robertson, holding that in the liens filed their had been a substantial compliance with the terms of section 5 of the Woodman's Lien for Wages Act, and that substantial compliance with the form given in the schedule of the act was not imperative. The wage claims in the cases affected by the appeal will amount to something over $7^0, but the coats will probably amount to as much as the claims. ARTHUR BELI3OS DK'AWS SENTENCE OF EIGHTEEN MONTHS AT OKALLA Arthur Bellos was sentenced by Judge Calder on Friday to eighteen months' imprisonment at Okalla upon two charges of assault. The cases for the prosecution were handled by A. .McB. Young, and for the defence W C Ross, of Vancouver, and J. M.' McLean, of this city, appeared. The evidence in the Mike Vinsky assault was conclusive, and in this instance it was shown that Bellos had beaten the old man up quite a lot In the second case, in which an assault was alleged against Nick Avergus, occasioning grevious bodily harm the evidence was not so good It was established In this case that Helios was carrying a blackjack when the assault took place, and the supposition was that following the first assault he had possessed himself of the offensive weapon. This, it Is ifrought. told heavily against ^ the court. Big Protest Made Against Tax on Personal Property Delegation Representing One Thousand Business Men Wait Upon Government Premier Oliver Says Policy of Government Will Be Made Known During Session VICTORIA, Oct. 18�With the approach of the session of the legislature, the business interests of the province are again urging upon the government the advisability of abolishing the personal property tax. The objection to the tax Is that It is not a tax upon protitB, but in many cases becomes a tax upon a business which is operated at a loss. Yesterday there was an important delegation of business men who waited upon Premier Oliver and Finance Minister Hart and renewed their request for the repeal of the tax. They were said to be representative of one thousand men engaged in business in the province, and in the course of their interview with the ministers made out a very strong case for the repeal of the tax. It is an open secret that the finance minister Is not favorable to the tax, but hiB position is believed to be that the tax cannot be repealed unless some other form of revemre can be found to take its place. After listening to the delegation the premier stated that no announcement of the government's policy in the matter could be expected until after the opening of the legislature, but he promised that the representations which had been made would receive the careful consideration of the government. HON. ERNEST IiAPOINTE (JOES EAST THIS EVENING PRINCE RUPERT, Oct. 18�Hon. Ernest LaPointe. minister of marine and fisheries, made a flying visit to this city, as the chief fishing center on the Pacific. He will return home on Thursday's train. HUSH PRISONERS AGAIN .^--L, OX HUNGER STRIKE VISCOUNT IIALDAN K SAYS TIME COMING FOR CHANGE IN BRITISH CONSTITUTION LONDON, Oet. 17�Speaking a Edinburgh today, Viscount HaJdan knocked the idea of an imperial fel eratlon of the several branches 0 the empire, but at the same time h admitted that the time was soon coming for important changes in the British constitution. ROSE PRINCE WON THE CESABOVICH STAKE LONDON, Oct. 17�Rose Prince won the Cesarovlch stakes at New market today, with Teresina second and Ceylonese third. LLOYD GEORGE CANCELS SOCIAL ENGAGEMENTS TO/ SAVE HIS STRENGTH CHICAGO, Oct. 17�Lloyd George has been compelled to cancel all social engagements in connection with hi.s present United States tour In order to conserve his strength. MRS, DANIELL WILL OFFER SEVERAL PAINTINGS FOR SALE WEDNESDAY NT5XT At the auction" Sale at the residence of C. B. Daniell, on the 24th, Mrs. Daniell will offer several oil paint-ngs in gilt and other frames, which should be of Interest to the Inhab-tantB of the three towns. Two pic-ures represent the old buildings of he Hudson's Bay post, which are >erhaps the oldest land-marks of the llstrict, and will shortly be demol-shed. One view is from the edge of he wood 6n the Hudson's Bay land; he other from the bridge over the lough. Another picture gives a "lew from Miner creek near Sook Harbor, B. C, with the Olympic ange and the Sook fish-traps in the listance. There are also two large ecorative panels with birds and lowers, and a copy in%oils of Sir oshua Reynold's "Age of Inno-ence,'' framed In oak. Vative Sons of Canada Organize Local Assembly Get Away to a Good Start with Some Seventy Names for the V Charter laurice O'Rourka is the Unanimou Choice as the First President Prince George Assembly, No. 16 of the Native Sons of Canada, was organized on Monday evening in the I. O. O. F. hall. The new order got away to a good start, as the charter will contain upward of seventy nqpnes, and the greater number o1 the intending members were on hand to take part in the organization. The election of officers resulted in the choice of Maurice O'Rourke as president. He had taken a very active part In Interesting citizens in the new order, and It was unanimously decided that he should be the fifst president. The other officers selected were F. J. Shearer, secretary; A. Wimbles, first vice-president; E. Burden, second vice-president; R. W. McLeod. BELFAST. Oct. 17�According to a manifesto put into circulation by the Republicans all the political prisoners in the Mountjoy prison, near Dublin, have gone on a hunger strike. treasurer; K. A. Renwlck, chaplain; J. C. McKenzle, sergeant-at-arms; R. J. Garvey, inside guard; and Allan McMillan, outside guard. Two committees were appointed by the president. The-first will report upon the by-laws for the assembly and is composed of R. W. Al-ward. R. A. Renwlck and A. Wimbles. The second committee is on membership and is composed of A. Welch, E. Burden and J. G. Quinn. It was decided to hold the meet-ng of the assembly on the first Mon-lay In each month. The next meet-ng will be held In the Oddfellows' hall on Monday evening, November 5th. 5 Stack Met lingering Death in Lonely Cabin Three Years* Exposure to U�e Atmosphere Completely Mummified the ' Ho matins Police Believe Stack' Frdso Hfe Feet and Then Slowly Starved . * to Death T. Van Dyk, provincial constable, returned to the city on Saturday evening after attending to the burial of John Stack, the trapper who died In his cabin on the Missinchinka, one of the tributaries of the Parsnip river. Three years ago Stack was missing in that he did not return for the renewal of the trappers' license which was issued to him In 1920, but as he was reported to have been seen at Hudsons Hope and also at Pouce COupe It,was thought he might have left the country. This ended the public interest in Stack until this spring when C. Muirhead and E. Caus, while trapping beaver along :he Missinchinka. came upon the Stack cabin in which the body of the missing man was discovered, and ;hey came out and reported their find to the authorities. As there did nof appear to be any suspicious circumstances attending he death the police postponed the jurial arrangements until they could et around to them. On August 28th last, Constable Van Dyk and C. Wuirhead started out from this city 0 bury the body. The cabin is quite 1 distance above the canyons on the Missinchinka and to reach it the urial party had to make a trip over he mountain, and It was not until eptember 9th that the remains were ^mmitted to the earth. Constable Van Dyk says the body vas quite mummified and the facial eatures were recognizable. He se-ured two photographs of the corpse nd brought them out for identifi-ation purposes. From the appear-nce of the cabin. Constable Van Dyk 3 of the opinion that Stack froze his eet in the first instance and that, ollowing this mishap and being un-ble to g-et out. he slowly starved nd froze to death. There was abso-utely nothing to eat in the cabin and everything in the way of fuel had been consumed, down to an ax-handle. The only effects of the deceased recovered by the police were a canoe, valued at $50, and a gun which has remained in the shack for three years and is considerably damaged by rust. Porter Damage Case Is on Trial in County Court Local Fur-Buyer is Claiming $1,000 Damages for Breach of Buying Contract In the Action of McVoy vs. Buchanan Judgment Was Given for Defendant INVESTIGATION INTO HOME BANK SMASH WILL BE . MADE VE1PY SWEEPING TORONTO. Oct. 17�Premier Ferguson on Saturday stated that the Ontario government would make enquiries Into the recent Home bank disclosures. It is likely the premier will have a conference with Attorney-General Nickle and action will then be decided upon. Auditors are now going through the Home bank books for the attorney-general, their instructions being to probe right back to the beginning of the bank in 1906. "The government will not avoid taking action against anyone who has had anything to do with the failure of tlve Home bank," Premier Ferguson said. The regular monthly meeting of the Women's Hospital Auxiliary will be held in the city hall tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. The county court session waa opened before Judge Robertson yesterday. There are a number of ases which will go to trial, and the court may be in session for the balance of the week. The case of McVoy vs. Buchanan was disposed of yesterday. There was an action by a Willow River resident to recover the sum of $350 or wages and goods supplied. A. VIcB. Young appeared for the plaint-ff, and W. P. Ogilvie for the de-endant. The action was dismissed vlth costs. The case of Porter vs. Levlnson Brothers Limited, of Winnipeg, was commenced this morning. This is an action brought by Herbert Porter, fur buyer, against the defendant company for $1,000 damages for breach of contract. It la claimed by Porter that in November. 1922, he was engaged by the company as its fur buyer for the season of 1922-23, for Prince George and district. He sets out that he was to receive a commission of 8 per cent, upon all local purchases, and 3 per cent, on purchases made at outside sales. By the terms of the agreement, Porter asserts, the defendants were to make a deposit of $5,000 in the Bank or Montreal, and to guarantee a business of $15,000 for the season. Shortly before Christmas In 19 22. after arrangements had been made by the plaintiff for carrying out the agreement, he was notified by the defendants that they did not intend to engage in the fur business In the Prince George district during the season of 1922-23. Messrs. Wilson & Wilson are appearing for the plaintiff, and W. P. Ogilvie for the defendants.