CITIZEN
No. 11.
j>R!NCE GEORGE, B.C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1925.
FIVE CENTS.
[Interior Mills are Entitled to Consideration
Opin
Limited
Minister of Labor Expresses ion on Their Request* for Exemptions.
Working Season a Factor h Receives Consideration of Board.
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Jan. 7.�Although the in supposed to be in in the nature of a appears to have been de-pon J. D. McNiven, deputy j. of labor; has given nn inter-hich throws some light upon ... sjt .Mum and suggests that the i,..;... .; adjustment has not yet its work of considering , v applications for exemptions from th( operation of the new measure. The deputy minister dismisses the r; which was made to have � i. : apply to hotels and general �,.. . 3 of the cities with the explanation that the new act applies only to i a trial undertakings. With respect to these the deputy minister jtatotl the hoard was still considering rej rcs< ritatioris which had been made on behalf of certain industries. He stated the board had met representative of the interior sawmills today, and intimated that consideration would have to be gven to the circumstance Lhat the ihterior mills were not able to operate for more than eight months in the year. A further meeting is to be had with the repre-sentatives of the milling indwstry on the coast.
Deputy Ministo McNiven stated he was in hopes of .being able to reach a satisfactory solution for the application of the new law, as the members of the board were all desirous of reaching a conclusion which would he fair alike to the mill owners and their employees, and avoid working a hardship upon any enter-prve.
VANCOUVER BANDITS
RETURNED YESTERDAY
AND WILL STAND TRIAL
Vancouver, Jan. 8.�Ted Hollywood and Charles Thompson, known also as Johnson and Frank Depaula,; were brought from the Walla Walla penitentiary yesterday to stand trial for the $70,000 payroll robbery and the Capitol theatre robbery of $2500 in 192,'). Prank Howard, the third member of the gang, is still in Walla Walla penitentiary and is fighting extradition.
Mussolini Now Stronger than Ever in Italy
Suppresses All Opposition to His Administration With an Iron Hand.
Replaces Three Retiring Ministers
With Members of His Fascisti
Party.
EX-PRES1DENT OBREGON
WILL VISIT CALIFORNIA
DURING PRESENT MONTH ' Italv tnan at anv tinu
Rome, Jan. (>.�Premier Mussolini, the political dictator of Italy, is now more firmly establish^! in power in since he over-j threw the government of the country
Mexico City, Jan. (>.--Rx-Drosi- � with his Pascisti organization, dent Obregon, at a public banquet in this city, announced his intention of making a gift of 100.000 pesoes to insist in the re-establishment of the sufferers in the revolution of 1914. He also announced his intention of making a visit to the state of Cali-
fornia during the month of January.
Beatty's Haste Blamed for the Jutland Losses
ALLIED COMMISSIONERS
MEET IN PARIS TO DIVIDE
SUM.OF $250,000,000
Paris, Jan. H.�The allied finance ministers are meeting in this city under the presidency of Finance Minister Clement, of France, to consider the division of the sum of $250,000,-000, being the first of the German reparations payments under the Dawes plan. The payment is to be divided between Great Britain, Belgium, France. Italy and the United States.
V/ALTER JOHNSON FAILED TO SECURE OAKLAND TEAM IN PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE.
Dover Admiral Causes Sensation
With Defence of Admiral
Jellicoe's Action
Beatty Did Not Give Him T Bring Big Ships into Nava| Action.
as have been giving Mussolini their support.
London, Jan. 6�The controversy over the naval battle of Jutland has been revived by the publication of the comments of Sir Reginald Bacon, who had charge of the Dover fleet at the time of the great naval engagement, in which Admiral Jellicoe and ^Admirad Beatty figured bo prominently, and in which ship-for -ship the British suffered such heavy losses. After the battle there was a disposition on the part of Britons throughout the world, to lay llu blame for a scant victory, which was
J. F. M. STEWART GIVES secured at a loss of a number of �m-
STARTLING EVIDENCE IN | portant vessels, upon the shoulders
HOME BANK HEARING j of Admiral Jellicoe, who was in
w --------- I supreme command, and had all '.he
Toronto, Jan. 7.�J. F. M. Stewart j bjj, fighting machines under his im-continued his evidence today on the ; mediate supervision. Admiral Beat-trial of the remaining directors of ty was in command of the battle-the Home Bank who are charged with ; cruiser division, and was applauded j er position to impose his will upon
Dur-
tho past two days there has been more or less rioting in various centers throughout the country, much, of which was laid at the door of the Pascisti. and ther- was some talk about steps being tak<>n to fmpeach Mussolini.
The premier met the situation with a firm hand. He issued a i ta'tement that he accepted full responsibility for everything which had happened in Italy since he assumed power, and professed his willingness and ability to restore order within forty-eight hours. Even the resignations of the three Liberal member? of his cabinet did not dismay him. He proceeded to put the lid on all evidences of dissent agaiaht his administration. He applied a strict censorship over the pre&'s of the country, and one of ba "first move.s1 was to seize the editions of the leading newspapers as fast as they issued. Some of the newspapers met the situation by issuing with white spaces in their edi-toral departments, but others decided to suspend publication altogether, and on Monday there was hardly a newspaper of any importance published in the country other than such
San Francisco, Jan. 6�Walter Johnson, the horn of the last world's1 series has fallen down in his efforts to secure the franchise of the Oakland club. Tie is said to have- offered $.'585,000 for the franchise but it wrj; refused. Johnson is not I anxious to return to the big league i and is* still hopeful of being able ; to come to terms with the owners of ! tho ffaklnnd franchise before the j season opens.
Minor Matters Dealt With at Council Meeting
Payment on Account of School Improvements Goes Over to 1925 Council.
Bylaw Reducing Water Rates to
Certain Garages Gets Its Third
Reading.
George Poulin Left Sunday for Penitentiary
Made Restitution of Money Stolen With Exception of Two Hundred Dollars.
Judge Robertson Considered Offence
Demanded Imprisonment in
Penitentiary.
In addition to dealing with the situation created by the action the liquor board, in pinching the city's share in the liquor profits to cover cost of liquor law enforcement, which is dealt with in another column, there was the usual miscellany dealt with at the council meeting on Monday evening.
The finance committee had a report recommending the payment of accounts to the amount of $2260.10, biit thib1 total included an investment of ?1013.G8 on account of sinking fundr.
Alderman Guest reported upon the barrels required at the power station for the storage of waste oil, and the committee was given power to purchase same.
Alderman* Fraser had a report as to a fuel saver for the fire hall, and the committee will make purchase of same.
Alexander Nash had a requisition before the council covering necessary equipment at the power station. The committee was given power to deal with same.
In the matter of tho renting of the garage premises formerly owned" by Willam Bellos, but lately reverted to the city, the finance committee was instructed that the rent for the
George Poulin, who two weeks ago was employed qj a telegraph operator at McBride, left on Sunday in charge of Corporal Van Dyk, to com- i Por month.
mence his term of two years' impris-1 W. J. Pitman, chairman of
' hl
same should not be
than $5.00
tho
tho the
onment in the penitentiary at New � school board, appeared before Westminster, for the theft of $1500 , council to urge the payment of
Today Mussolini repaired his poli- from the safe of the Canadian Na-� city's proportion of amounts due tical fences and secured three Fas- Honal railway at McBride. under the contract for school ifn-
cisti leaders to fill the shoes of the p�ulin made the best of a bad situ- provements and alterations. He was Liberal members who had retired atio" when he found himself corner- reminded that the arrangement made from his cabinet. He was received od by the provincial police and the | with the school trustees was that the
by King Victor Emanuel, who proved
ap-
officials of the railway company's in- ( payments .should be left to the in-j vestigating department. He made a coming council to arrange. A reso-
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^.^ , vestjgating department. He made a j coming council to arrange. A reso-For the first time Mussolini has a j confession, made restitution of $1300 I lution to this effect, which was mov-cabinet composed exclusively of of *he stolen money, elected speedy ed by Alderman Patterson, seconded
compose members of the black-shirt organi-
trial, and entered a plea of guilty by Alderman Opie, disposed of his rati'o'r'and^appTars'to'be'in a string-i before Judge Robertson on Wednes- application for an immediate adjust-
having made false returns of the for the haste which which he sought bank's affairs to the department of to close with the German fleet. He the federal government. The wit- emerged from the fight as the pic ness told of the manner in which one of the dividends of the bank had been declared. At the time the directors had no statement of the bank's affairs before them, but sim-
turesque naval hero.
Sir Reginald Bacon, in his comments upon the movements of the j British Fleet asserts that Jellicoe j was not too slow, but that Beattv;
ply'took the statement of the. mana-| ancj was altogether too precipitate.
Ker thai
to, permit the declaration of the divi- f (lend.
than ever before. The Fascisti is easily the most powerful organization in the country, and Mussolini & their leader and not their pawn.
day morning.
At the request of the court, P. E.
merit of the account.
A bylaw providing for the sale of
PUBLIC WORKS DEPT.
HAS COMMENCED WORK ON PROVINCIAL HIGHWAY
Vancouver, Jan. 6.�A commence-the profits were sufficient He dashed ahead at the Germans- at ; menfc hag bcen made upon the con_
a time when the British battleships struction of the connecting link in under Jellicoe jwere but a few miles-j^ provincia] highway systems. The
preparatory to opening out
Wilson, who appeared for the prose- j � city lot to John Nehring was given cution, was called upon for'the de-1 its three readings, tails of the case. It had to do with | A bylaw reducing the water the disappearance of a package, be- i charges for gnragds not using a j lieved to contain $1500 in currency. J washing rack from ?3 to $1.50 per j which disappeared from the safe of ! month, was given three readings. j H. Ludgate, Canadian National cash- j The bylaw amending the traders' | ier at McBride, the clue,3 followed I bylaw, which would require peddlers
GERMANY HAS CRUISER
TO REPLACE THE FAMOUS COMMERCE RAIDER EMDEN
! distant, and offered an unequal con-, firsfc i test. It was daring but it copt four I large ships. There was time, in th.fi
has been made at Popkunr a point on the Canadian National
I...
m, Jan. 7.�Word has been �'���� ��! here of the launching of a new < ;-rm:in cruiser at Wilhelms-naven. The .nev vessel will be r< as the Emden, after the celebrated commerce r�?der which had a spectacular career until it was sunk rr- rai,way aD0Ut eleven miles east of man vessels, for the British battle- I c'hjlliwack anfj the next cut is to be
by Sergeant McNeil, of the provincial police, and Captain O. J. Wheat-ley, of the Canadian National service, and the eventual arrest of the
selling merchandise by weight to carry government inspected scales, was tabled until the report is received from the local farmers' institutes'
accused and his subsequent confer-! dealing with the privileges to be ex-
ships to have been brought into action if Beatty had not been so hastyr and the outcome of the action would' have been more in accordance with British naval traditions.
sion.
Judge Robertson then asked Poulin if he had anything to say on his own behalf. The prisoner pleaded made at Laidlaw, a point nine miles j his former clear record. He isaid he
tended to farmers in the disposal of produce to the consumers in the citv. v � �
NEW YORK NEWSPAPER
west of Hope. It is expected that room will be found for at least 200 men on the work within a phort time. This will afford considerable relief for the. unemployment situation. A
mton, Jan. 7.�Boards of
I the Vedder River section of the
Mow York Tan 6�The World I way. At tho recent session of the tie announcement that the ! legislature a vote of $1,500,000 was nrice of the paper is to be approved for highway construction leased from two to three cent*, and the public works department will l8 made that the cost ! endeavor to provide* as much work as
The statement
an,l various bodies, interested . thc and ink UHed in the pro- I possible during the winter months.
Calgary with
trade betwoen this city and taking united action ' to preventing the cur-lent in fche train service between = which was announced the railway man-
aR0
GERMANS~~c"oNTEND ALLIES MAKING REPRISALS IN
REFUSAL TO EVACUATE
area
�*repiy �f
note
to
eVftcuaUo*� of the'Cologne reived. The Ger-
<* the
upon action
are being Germany, and that the
is in itself a violation er*ailles treaty.
duction of the World costs at the present time 2% cents per copy.
GIRONE RELEASED.
Vancouver, Jan. 8.�The court of appeal yesterday ordered the'release qf Guiseppe Girone, the Ocean Falls man, sentenced to five years imprisonment by Judge Young for nn offence against a young girl. Justice Martin dissented from the decision of the court.
had been employed by the railway company at McBride for about five . years, and the charge before the court was the fir.s-t which had been ! brought against him. He had secured the combination of the company's safe from a sheet of carbon . which |
CHILLIWACK POLICE
COMMISSIONERS RESENT GRAB OF LIQUOR PROFITS
AMBASSADOR TO MOSCOW.
Par|s, Jan. 8.�Jean Herbette, fii-st French ambassador to Soviet Russia, left for the Russian capital
Tuesday accompanied by his staff.
on
transcribing the same up a typewriter. The temptation came with the knowledge of the combination of the safe. , He had regretted hifc action from the moment the theft had been committed. He realized GOLD QUARTZ REPORTED j {^c enormity of his offence and that
FROM GOLD PAN CREEK | hc ^ouM have to pay for it but
asked the court to deal as leniently with his as possible.
Judge Robertson expressed his regret for the prisoner in the predicament in which he found himself. It was not, however, a case in which a suspended sentence could be considered. The offence was a very serious one and called for a penalty sufficiently severe to not only punish the accused but serve as a deterrent to others. In his opinion the ends of justice demanded that he eentence Poulin to two years' imprisonment in the penitentiary at New Westminster.
Chilliwack, Jan. 8.�J. F. Semple | has- resigned from the board of police j commissioners, and A. H. Turvey, the I retiring commissioner, announces he
, , , ��'ii-'-iv i � wnl not seek re-election. They claim
had been used by the company s au-' . ,.
... . ... .. i the position of police commissioner
ditor in transcribing the same upon;. . ... TV ,� . .
is impossible, as the liquor act is not
Wrnngell, Jan. 8:4-J. F. Calbreath of Telegraph Crocs, reports important finds of gold quartz in the vicinity of Gold Pan Cieek, in the Dease Lake section in which the placer excitement was started last September.
TERRACE HUNTER INJURED.
Prince Rupert, .Tan. 8.�Rudolph Lewenger has been brought in from Terace with a shattered thighbone cr the result rf the accidental dis- hil hti t
charjre of R
while hunting goat.
charjre o
He has suffered from loss of Wood
and his condition is serious.
enforceable. They also resent the action of the liquor board in deducting $665 from the municipality's liquor profits for law enforcement without disclosing what resulted from the expenditure of the municipal revenue.
EASTERN HOCKEY RESULTS.
In last night's hockey games in the eastern Canadian league the following rqsults are announced: Ottawa 2, Canadiens 0; Montreal 6, Hamilton 2.
ALL-NIGHT LIQUOR SERVICE.
Vancouver, Jan. 6.�As an effective check upon bootleggers, Mayor Taylor has proposed to the government that it keet> its liquor store* in the city open all night.