PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN & 6, No. 79. u PRINCE GEORGE, B.C., MAY i.t, 1924. lection Date [lay Be Expected Jarly Next Week Icmier Oliver Du,e to Arrive r.t Arrive at Victoria Tomorrow on Return From Ottawa fclieved He Has Secured Promises of Federal Help in Solving the P. G. E. Problem 'victoria, May 1.�It is announced the date of the pending elections v be announced early next week. k'mier Oliver ig on his way back i Ottawa and is scheduled to ar-here tomorrow. It is generally jjderstood his chief mission was the fcuring of the co-operation of the Ideral government in working out solution of the P. G. E. railway foblem, in connection with the giv-[g of railway facilities to the Peace iver district. An effort has * been . to create the impression that remier Oliver failed in his mission, it although he has declined to give it the result of his several inter-with railway and government tads Premier Oliver has expressed nself as satisfied with the result his mission. [Just what he considers he has gain-the result of his trip will be known within a few days. It ulieved he will take the position. outlook is sufficiently promising warrant the immediate completion the P. G. E. to Prince George, thus |ving connection with the Canadian itional system, and with the rea-lable hope for the building of a c from Prince George to the Brit-Columbia section of the Peace rer district, which will tap the katest area of the north country. [John McKie has been nominated the conservatives to contest the (�and Forks riding. E. C. Henniger, sitting Liberal member will ly be nominated by the Liberals, riding has been merged with of Greenwood. Henniger won the last election by securing the fjcction of a number of ballots held be improperly marked for his pponent. The Provincial porty will a candidate in the race.- Pr. A. M. Sanford, principal of (olunibian college, has been nomi--I as a Conservative candidate frr New Westminster. This saat is present held by David Whitesides, 10 has been somewhat independent his support of the government. lint likely that Whitesides will fain be a candidate. USK LIBERALS ENDORSE HANSON AS CANDIDATE Usk, May 1.�At a meeting of Liberals of Usk and vicinity, Olof Hanson was unanimously endorsed .as the candidate of the party for the Skeena riding. TINPLATE KING TO CROSS ATLANTIC IN FISHING BOAT Southampton, May 1�William B Leeds, the former tinplate king, has arrived here to board the fishing smack Salem in which he announces his intention of crossing the Atlantic. The Salem is 60 feet long, and has a 60 h.p. auxiliary motor. DEATH-DEALING TORNADO SWEPT COUNTRY NORTH OF GULF OF GEORGIA Atlanta. Ga., May 1.�A seiies of tornadoes swept the country t > the north of the Gulf of Georgia ye>*.or-day, doing immense property darn-age and causing considerable loss of life.. The states of South Carolina, Alabama and Georgia were the chief sufferers. The known dead number sixteen, seven persons are missing and the seriously injured number forty-two. Atlanta, Ga., May 1.�Later reports from southeastern states place the death list at sixty-three, several hundred seriously injured and untold property damage. At Harrell Hills, South Carolina, two tornadoes met. demolishing a schoolhouse and trapping 75 children, four of whom were killed. The village of Fickelen, Georgia, was virtually wiped off the map. FIVE CENTS. Crisis Caused in Jamaica by Canadian Firm Governor'! Recall Will be Demanded A� Result of Favoritism of Contractor* Legislative Council Refuse, Vote of Salaries at Protest Against Probyn Mayi r J. R. Colley, of Kamloops, 11 l>