PRINCE GEORGE, B.C,� JUNE 26. 1924. FIVE CENTS. bsentee Ballots to Decide the Result in Fort George ijust what happened in the Fort George riding on election day is some-iinj? that will not be known for another twp weeks, until the time arrives jr the counting of the absentee ballots. Of the other ballots accepted by je various deputy returning officers, F, P. Burden, the Conservative candi-ate has a plurality of five over H. G. Perry, the Liberal, running to succeed , the vote standing 903 to 898 respectively. In this connection, jwever, it is said, the vote returned from the Longworth polling division lows a number of ballots in excess of the number on the Longworth list That has probably happened is that electors have applied for absentee ballots and have been treated as ordinary voters instead of absentees. If is turns out to be the case the Longworth ballot* will be rejected. It gave Jurden 5, Perry 1, and Shearer 1, and the rejection of it would reduce Jurden's lead over Perry to one vote. There are close upon 125 absentee ballots in the boxes returned by the various deputy returning officers throughout the Fort George riding, and the number may be even greater, as in a number of the returns sent in no record may have been given of the absentee vote. In addition to the absentee ballots in the local boxes it is not improbably there will be almost is many absentee ballots to come in from polling divisions in other ridings [throughout the province, which would give approximately 250 ballots yet |to count to dispose of the Burden lead of one. Of the absentee ballots cast in the polling divisions throughout the tPort George riding there is no reason why they should not follow the [general voting, and split fairly evenly b'etween the Conservative and Lib-[eral candidates, but in the ballots which will come in from the polling [divisions outside the Fort George riding the expectation is the majority of [these will be marked for the Liberal, as the result of better organization [on the part of the government forces. Nearly every guess which was made on the local election has turned iut wrong, but in spite of this there is every reason to believe the majority of the absentee votes will be found [to have been marked for Perry, and that he will succeed himself ia the ! next legislature. The Liberal management made a bad guess on the Peace River vote. In the several polls in the Peace River section Burden secured a lead of over fifty votes over Perry, and in this section Shearer, the Provincial candidate, developed his greatest strength, and had there been any prospect of electing him there can be no doub't that his vote would hnve been much stronger. At McBride and Dunster the Liberal dope proved to be fairly correct. Tn the railway town Perry secured three votes to every one for Burden, and in Dunster there was but one Rurden ballot h> -2 which were cast. F'litr ofthrough with Tfi of the 76 lead which they predicted >\re- the Liberal i;:Vndidate. Thi> t'llai vote gave Burden a mijority qf/29 >/or all. and a plurality of 66 over Perry. The Conservatives had no line whatever on the smaller points along the Tailway. They claimed everything, west of Prince George and enough votes along the railway east of the city to offset the Perry vote in McBride and Dunster, but with the lead they got in Prince George and the fifty or more in the Peace River they were not able to more than offset the smaller places. All told Perry carried twenty-one polling divisions as apainst seventeen carried by Burden, one by Shearer, and the others tied. Complete returns of the voting throughout the Fort George riding are appended: Aleza Lake ................ Beaverly Bednesti Cache Creek Chief Lake Croydon Dawson Valley Dewey ............................. Dome Creek Dunster ................................ East Pouce Coupe Finlay Junction Port St. John Ciiscome Oiscome Portage Hudson's Hope .................. Hutchison .............. Hutton ...................................... Isle de Pierre Kelly Lake Loos .................................. Longworth Lucerne ...................... McBride ................I".... Mud River ........... Newlandg Penny .................................... P.irieview Pouce Coupe ........... Prairie Creek Prince Ceorjre - Holla .........~1.Z"Z! Salmon River . .. Shelley ..................�"" Stone Creek ................. Sunset Prairie ....... Swan Lake ............... . Taylor's Flats .....' Tete Jaune.............. West Dawson CreeF West Saskatoon Creek Willow River ............ Woodpecker .... Absentee Burden Perry Shearer Vote 9 10 0 5 5 8 0 4 1 0 0 3 0 3 10 11 0 6 6 13 22 12 18 10 6 3 13 13 16 3 1 27. 4 12 6 1 25 25 16 8 19 13 3 7 6 0 6 15 1.3 23 0 6 0 2 8 3 17 5 3 5 6 0 0 4 2 5 1 1 5 o 19 0 27 89 3 5 4 0 5 20 1G 0 5 1 2 '12 15 11 0 2 59 37 7 2 o 0 439 373 37 26 72 59 7 5 11 0 4 5 6 3 1 6 0 13 8 4 20 10 1 1 2 5 4 12 0 7 0 4 4 3 17 17 17 1 9 0 2 12 903 898 181 102 W NGE �S AT POINT FOR YEAR June 25.�Canadian DIGBY a17on r�aches 2600 miles The station in con- of tests recently the. Empress of e of 2600 miles. CANADIAN SOCCER TEAM SCORES SEVENTH VICTORY OVER AUSTRALIAN PLAYERS Sydney, June 25.�The Canadian all-star soccer team won its seventh victory toda.y when the Sydney team was defeated 1 to 0. The Canadian record now stands 7 wins, 4 losses, and 4 drawn matches. The visitors play again on Saturday. Prince George Will Have Big Sport Program Dominion Pay Celebration Under Auspicee of Native Sons and Athletic Association Baseball and Football Matches Are Leading Features in Two-Day Card of Sports The annual celebration of Dominion Day in Prince George will be conducted this year under the joint auspices of the Prince George Athletic Association and the local assembly of the Native Sons of Canada. A good programme of sports has been arranged, which will carry the celebration over ^wo days, commencing on Monday, June 30th, and ending on the evening of Dominion Day so as to enable visitors to the city to take advantage of the train service Tuesday evening. The big feaure of the celebration wiil be a baseball match which will give a new division of the playing talent available in Prince George and vicinity. Two games will be played between an all-star team, recruited from the mills along the line of the railway, and the best aggregation of Prince George talent which can be brought together. The all-star team will be captained by Terry Johnson, and a good brand of ball is promised by the visitors. The first of the ball games will be played on Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, and the second game on Tuesday at 1 p.m. An interesting football match is promised in the contest which will be staged by the McBride and Prince George teams, in the first round for the Perry cup. This game will be played on Monday evening at 6:30 o'clock. On Tuesday morninp a baseball match will be played between teams representing the high school and public school of Prince George, being the final in the "Citizen" shield competition. A good programjne of children's sports will be run-off-, at Duchess park on Tuesday afternoon, co mencing at 3 o'clock. The Dominion Day dance, which has always been a popular feature of the Prince George celebrations, will be held in the Ritts-Kifer hall on Monday evening. There will be twenty-eight events in the children's sports. There will be 25-yard races for boys and girls of 6 years and under; and races for the same distance for boys and girls of 8 yedrs and under. For boys and girls of 10 years and under there will be 50-yard races; and for boys and girls of 12 years and under the distance is extended to 75 yards. Getting into the classes there will be a 75-yard race for boys ^nd girls of Class 1. For boys and girls of Class 2 a race for 100 yards, and races for the same distance for boys and girls of Classes 3 and 4. Event No. 15 will be a novelty race. In the jumping contests there will be a running broad jump for each of the four classes, as well as pole vaulting for each of the classes. There will be a sack race for boys and another for pirls. For the boys there will be a competition of throwing a baseball, and for girls a competition of throwing a basket-ball. There will be relay races between teams of boys from the high school and the public school, and t�ams composed of girls. The last item on the card is a wheelbarrow race for boys. For the purpose of the field sports Class 1 has boon defined to mean boys and girls of 13 years and under, and under 81 pounds; Class 2, boys and,girls of 13 years and over 80 pounds, and boys and girls of 15 years and under 96 pounds. Class 3 takes in those over weight.. for Class 2, and boys and girls up to 17 years and under 111 pounds. Class 4 is made up of boys and girls over 110 pounds in weight. VANCOUVER TAKES HOLIDAY TO ENTERTAIN VISITING BRITISH NAVAL SQUADRON Vancouver, June 25.�H.M.S. battle cruiser Hood and squadron dropped anchor in Burrard Inlet this afternoon at 1:30, following an enthusiastic reception hf Victoria. Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick Field, Rear-Admiral Brand and the officers and men of the ships were given a great welcome. Mayor Owen declared a half-holiday and tremendous crowds turned out to meet the visitors. There was a civic dinner followed by a public ball at the Hotel Vancouver in the evening. HARRY G. PERRY, who may succeed himself as member for Fort George when absentee ballots are counted. Railway Will Take Ties From Small Producers Canadian National Management Will Not Force Settlers to Sell to Contractors Standing of the Parties Remains About the Same Stoddart, Provincial, Has Carried the Riding of Cariboo With a Safe Plurality Mike Manson Scores a Victory for the Conservatives in the New Mackenzie District Vice-President Vaughan Submits Report Which Will be of Interest to Farmers That the Canadian National railway stands ready to purchase ties direct from the small producer is the asurance which has been given to T. G. McBride, M.P., by Major G. A. Bell, deputy minister of railways. It is pointed out, however, that the national system is supplied with ties for the present season, but will be in the market again in August to contract for the supply for next season. The railway company's position in the matter of securing ties is Bet out in a letter of ft. C VaXighn, vice-president, directed to Major Bell deputy minister, under date of June 10th, and to the following effect: "J have your letter of 5,th June, enclosing copy of one from Mr. T. G. McBride, M.P., in regard to the complaint of Mr. Theo Waldof, of Prince George, B.C., in respect to selling ties direct to the railway company. "Anyone on our lines in the west can sell ties direct to us. They have been so advised time and again, but a good many of the small producers have preferred to sell direct to the contractors, because the contractors grubstake and finance them, whereas we cannot do that. We have advised the settlers, time, and again, that we would take any ties which they had to offer direct from them. We do not wish by any means to force them to do business through a third party, although we have found when we do business with small, irresponsible producers, that in many cases we have had difficulties with them, as we are responsible for so many things, such as workmen's compensation fees to the British Columbia government in connection with the men employed by these producers, as we are held responsible in the final analysis if they are not paid. We also get served with scores of gar-nishees from the men employed by these small producers. However, as I said before, we are willing to deal i with any of these people so long as we are satisfied with their responsi-! bility." Vancouver, June 25.�With the Fort George riding still in doubt, reports today make no change in the standing of the several parties in the legislature. Aside from this riding the Liberals have 20 seats, the Conservatives 17, the frovincials 4, the Laboritcs 3, Independent Liberals 2, and Independent 1. Latest reports indicate that Stoddart, Provincial, has carried Cariboo with a plurality of 57 over J. A. Fraser, Conservative, who in turn had a lead of 10 votes over Yorston, the former member. There are two polls to hear from but they will not affect the result. There are said to be less than 200 absentee votes to be counted, and splitting three ways there is slight chance of overcoming Stoddart's lead. Kergin has apparently taken Atlin out of the doubtful list as he has a slurality of 51 over Armour, Provincial, with Conway, Conservative, another 30 votes in the rear. With two places to hear from the vote stood: Kergin 384, Armour 335, and onway 304. Mike Manson will be back in the legislature again. He has a lead of 110 votes in the new constituency of Mackenzie. There are thirteen places to hear from, but as Manson is the better known of the three candidates they will probably increase his plurality. The absentee vote is now the chief concern of the various party managers and it is expected the counting of it will alter the result in a number of the constituencies where the pluralities are narrow. The vote will be counted on Saturday, July 12th. Liberal leaders express the hopn that-the absentee vote will elect Mary Ellen Smith over General McRae. An error was discovered in the counting of Mrs. Smith's vote and the corrected total places her only 86 behind the Provincial leader, which is not a very big lead to overcome with 3000 ballots to count. It is said no official statement of , the government's intentions will be made until after the counting of the absentee vote. Premier Oliver has been offered a number of seats but has reached no decision. It is said there will be a demand upon the government for the privilege of having beer by the glass in the districts in which the majority was in the affirmative. Prohibition ists are gettng ready to counteract any such move, and assert the government dare not bring in any such provision in the face of the adverse vote throughout the province. Corrections made in the figures reduce the majority against beer in Vancouver to 189 votes. WOULD CLEAN UP SEATTLE Seattle, June 26.�While Dr. Edwin Brown, mayor of the city, is in New York attending the Democratic convention, Mrs. Henry Landis, acting mayor, decided the time was ripe for a municipal clean-up. She served notice on Chief Severyns that she would tfive him twenty-four hours in which to rid the city of bootleggers and gamblers and to discharge one hundred members of the city police force whom she regards as unfit. BRITISH AND UNITED STATES FLIERS CROSS IN klR IN VICINITY OF RANGOON Akyab, Burmah, June 25.�The British and United States round-the-world fliers crossed in the air today between Akyab and Rangoon, the' former arriving at Rangoon from'Ak- ! yab in a new plane. The Americans are now running on time and will make a successful trip if nothing untoward happens. McLellan's chances are not considered so good, as it is thought he will be late in negotiating the crossing of the N*>rth Pacific by reason of the summer fogs. GERMANS AGREE TO ALLIED MILITARY CONTROL Paris, J-une 26.�Advices from London state the German government has accepted the note of the council of ambassadors regarding military control by the allies. F. P. BURDEN, who has lead of few votes over H. G. Perry.