VOL-
g No. 37.
tGE CITIZEN
______PRINCE GEORGE, B.C., THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1925.
District Extends. Hearty We\come~to\This Absent Minded of Vancouver Board of Trade; Lodger Walked Out
from Liquor Stock
1!.
Will Seek to Convertv Visitors to Policy of Finishing the P. G E.
l)ir,,c'. Rail Connection Necessary to Ensure Business for the Province.
members of the IJrinco George i, trade, as representatives of :itizens generally, wijl entertain ij inbevs, of the Vancouver �::�� oi i-ii^ty on Saturday and/Sun-. iiic visitors for the uiost part ni"inl)ers of the, Vancouver , -, of trade, and their mission is-. ,urc additional business and � ,,m 'themselves upon Matters mnj i.ave a bearing upon i;v\V � which may be secured. ... |.\--i. pfte the many handicap:- which Prine< George has been called upon
� face the city has Jbeen steadily rrr.o\ving. Each year has witnessed
steady growth in the volume of tiii business of its merchants, and eii ; year its position as the distrib-[ inj center for a very large sec-
� : i.f the interior of the province i< becoming more generally recognized.
� The men engaged in rnerchandi2-inj and in industrial enterprizes de-;�.��' to do business with Vancouver houses. Their present business i^ already sufficient to warrant the attention of the Vancouver people, an it is steadily growing, but the :i- pie of Prince George find theni-. � �.- under a great disadvantage i .: i ttemptirig to do business with ' Vancouver or Victoria houses. One ; . oi the handicaps to be overcome at: the present, time is the distance j which intervenes between Prince George and the -wholesale houses of � Vancouver and vicinity. In point oi miles Vancouver is as close to Prince George as Edmonton, its !: ief competitor for the trade of
�� country all along- the line of the Canadian National from Red Pass Junction1 on the east to Smithers on th.f west. But with the -existing railway service Edmonton is one day nearer to Prince George than u Vancouver. Wuth merchants car-ryinr small stocks a saving of twenty-four hours is a great considera-; ti in". It has resulted in a great deal of the business going to Edmonton wl ich^. probably should go to the wholesale houses and manufacturing
� cerns of Vancouver and Victoria. If something is not done to correct '�� situation trade relations will be established between Prince George ai I Edmonton which will take the business men on the Pacific coast 1 tny years to break down. And when one is speaking of the trade of Prin.v George this expression goes for the trade of a very large teirritory, and one which is only/on �'� threshold of its ultimate de-vi ; | -nent.
The- most potent factor to correct a very undesirable situation from
� British Columbian viewpoint is
I-. G. E. railway. That the com-
� ��: n of .-this railway to Prince 1 � rge has been delayed so long Is a'reflection upon the sagacity and '- if; ge of the men who have been
to a policy which will call for the voting, oi -sufficient money at the next session of the legislature to complete the government line into Prince George before the close of th* y.ear 1�2G- {""1 nothing short if this will satisfy -them".
The arrangements for the recep-l tiori iff the .visitors call for a luncheon in the Ritts-Kifer hall on Satur-iay ;at one o'clock. Following this !:�u- Vancouver men will-be taken on
Bottle of Whisky and Eight Bottles
of
Bear Caused Trouble for Louis Zimmaro.
Coal Miners Strike in Britain is Now
Regarded as Likely
Men Refuse to Confer With Operators Unless Wage Cut Is Withdrawn.
Story of Hotel Proprietor Was Unsupported But Court Held It Might be Rightf.
the ?�lu(; River val-will be" given an in-
tour through ley whore they
sight into the ^productiveness of one of .the districts tributary to-the city. On Sunday "a picnic has'been arrangH im "d to take place on J. H. Johnson's island at Summit Lake. This will take the visitors through the Salmon river valley, showing them one of the newer agricultural sections; and should suggest to them possibilities in the way of tourist travel, for <�*"�
Louis Zimmaro slippe dout from
Engineers, Railway Workers i Transport Men Are Anxious to Keep Out.
London. July 22.�Recent developments in connection with the threat-
the police net again on I-nday when ient(1 strike of the coal
second time
with having liquor in a room in an other than a private guest's room. The; police officers made a search of the Columbus hotel rooms
-miners in Great Britain have been less favorable. Today it wasx6oncedeuV the probability of .a-strike had been increased whenininers refused definitely to confer with, the owners up-
f <* i ., . . . , i in vv *t* i.\; v, *J* X. \- i. IV A I'll - ill'. v ti nv. *u ' * !
and succeeded in, finding the liquor, j on the-situation unless the owners but they were unable to prove that j Woul(1 agree to withdraw their de-/nnmaro knew the liquor was in the ; mands for Wil(ro dccreases. The ex-
rooms.
In room No. 9 they found a bottle
agreement expires on Julv 31.
' '" " .....� '- Arctic bottles of beer. . Zimmaro appeared , but there is a hope that the big strike
-to be as much surprised as the police of o1ie million workers may be avert-officers over their find. His expla- ed cven should the C()al miners delation for the presence of the whis- cide to cal] ., strlke> An cffort- has party ky and beer was that the room had b6en ma to form a biff quadruple een occupied the night before, and i t,iHnncc composed of the "miners and-hat -the! offending liquor and beer i the unions of the engineers, railway ad been taken into the room legally | men and the transport workers. A
they will be shown the Jand between | by -the .occupant, and illegally left; constitution for such a combination
in it without Zimmaro's knowledge | of forces has been drawn up, but the
plotion to Prince George the watershed is brought within thirt; miles and can be reached' over an excolleni highway.
On Monday morning the will be taken by motor to Quesnol, where they will take the P. G. e! tiri for Vancouver. In going south
Ijnvictions %Tnder Liquor Act
Stephen P. Welch, Steward Club of the G. W. V. A., Is Fined $300.
of
Charles Lundgren Is . Assessed a
Like Amount for Beotlegging
Liquor.
Prince George and Quesnel, j two points which are separated by a forty-mile gap in the railway yet to be completed. .This will include the
when he departed.
same was not satisfactory to. any
lands in the Pineview, the pecker and the Strath naver ments. It is- the largest block
In room No. 11 the police found j hut the mjnors. The differences are bottle pai-tly filled with, whisky.
Wood- ; Zimmaro disclaimed any knowledge
that it is thought it will require too much time to reconcile
the- presence of the whisky and ' them in order to bring the full force . 6f suggested it also had made its "way I of the combination to bear in the desirable agricultural land alonp the : into the room in a legal .manner, and , 0Vent of the miners deciding to go
tion.
The arrangements for the reception of the visitors arc in the hands of the reception committee of the
knowledce.
at the end of the month. It I also asserted the miners' strike fund?
hoard of trade, of which J. H. John--<-ld one's mind that a roomer in
son is chairman.
Police Magistrate Moran declined j are not sufficient to warrant them in the., evlde�ce | undertaking a .'conflict without the support of the other three combinations.
The position of the owners is that
to convict brought out.
While it rather shock-
Improvement in Municipal Affairs Throughout B.C.
Tax Arrears on the Decrease but Reverted liumls Now Stand at $8,468,096.
Inspector TJeeommenrts Lowering of Values Even if' it Means Increased Tax Rate.
hotel should check out and leave
perfectly good bottle of whisky and I they have been VpeVatmg "their:"prop-the best part of a dozen of beer be-1 orties at a loss for some time and hind him, still some men did peculiar that they are unable even if they
�were willing to continue operations i.nder the same costs.
Victoria, July 22'�The Inspector of Municipalities has made his yearly report to the attorney-general, dealing with the position of the or-.caniy-etf-rorrvmunities of the province for the year 1925^ ^Financially these are in slightly better position than the year before .wnile new borrow-pontinue to show a reduction, testifying a general betterment of conditions. They have fallen to one-third of what they were in 1918. On the other hand, the value of lands which have reverted to the municipalities for non-payment ot taxes has increased to J-S.46S.096.
The inspector finds that sinking funds have improved during the year by the process of marking up their value tr> par, a policy by which he cannot see that any pood, is accomplished as it gives a misleading 'statement of the yt-ar's^business and place a more or los&'fictitiovis value
upon the assets Tn regard >Vb
municipal assess-
ments the inspector states that
���> ndmlttedlv bevrnd the value of 1 with the government of the ' �
nee. There may. have been � ': � excuse for inaction in the Kbs-
� '�y which developed in the southern portion of the province to fur-
her expenditures upon the government's railway enterprise, but the people of. the Fort George riding are by no means satisfied that all *as done which could have boor, done to remove this prejudice and S permit Che development of
the lands.' and that in both urlnirn and rural-"municipalities there are adjustments required. He does not see any justification for this in the argument that if values -were low tax rates would be high.
Tlif inspector says:' "The assessor in returning his rolV to the council must furnish a statutory declaration to the effect thai he has set ov.t in the roll to the-best of his "judgment and ability the true value of the
It was a thing which could have happene,d, there was no evidence to show it had not happened, f.nd the magistrate thought perhaps it might have happened and dismissed the case.
FIREMAN, FALLS FROM
LOCOMOTIVE TO DEATH
Will Goto Polls Monday, Aug.
Vancouver, July 22,-�John Gibson, ! Government and Opposition Parties
employed as fireman on the C. P. R. express between Vancouver'and Mon treal. was instantly killed this morn-injr about 8 o'clock. He fell from the running board of the locomotive when ten mile? east of East Vancouver. When Gibson was missed by the encineer the train was back-ed up ..nd' the rnutilnted W !y was' found beside the railway track;. Gibson leaves a widow and young family.
TRAVELLER IS FATALLY
INJURED IN HOLD-UP
OF MONTREAL CLUB
Montre.il 'July 22.�The Dreamland club;, on St. Lawrence boulevard was held up by two eunmen early this morninjr. Donald Carroupher, a traveller, was faially wounded in the abdomen, and another club member. C. A. Duffy, received a bullet wound in the neck as the result of resistance to the hold-up. The bandits searched a number of the chib members but the firing disturbed their plans and they made off with very little in the way of looti.
public
within the province unread of " improvements within the
g business lntb the hands, oi � �� � accordance with the
commercial and industrial houses in BWpau'!l the cities of Edmonton and Winni-V-i i'. /
The people of Prince George and vicinity welcome the visit of the business men of Vancouver for the opportunity it will afford to talk f>ver their railway situation. They are confident they will be able to make converts of each and every �ne of their visitors to a policy which will call for the immediate completion of the P. G. E. railway into Prince George. They are prepared to forget the past and the mistakes which have been made in connection with the railway if they can succeed in winning over the whole-r carted support of the Vancouver ��ard of trade to the tying in of the �� .6. E. with the Canadian National railway system at Prince George, nut they 'want something more than
g
l�cit approval to the passage of resolutions calling for the completion ".the railway. The pdople of prince George will seize uptnv the
of the members of the Varcou-v�r board of trade to convert them
Municipal Act. 1 fear that in y (Vises this declaration is too lightly taken- there is rather a misconception with rogavd to tne nest interest:? of-the municipality."
The gross taxes levied in 1324 were $14.537,066 as compared with SI 4 4r>S 471 t�e year before. Land taxes arcountoiL for 60.95 per cent of' the total, receipts from bl utilities 14.S7 per -ent and B went grants 12.4 4 per cent. Of the expenditures 27.32 per cent went on schools 1-8.23 on debt. 14.22 on public utilities, and 10.50 on streets.
AN* 8.VYS
ON H WHiTi MAKR 1HG TRAFPIO IU5CORP THIS YEAH
R Creelman. passenger traffic manager for the Canadian Nation-'aTraihvay. says all tourist traffic re. cords of the national will be shattered this year. The development of the company's.Alaska service and its Rocky Mountain resorts are largly responsible for the improvement.
ON
sane.
VANCOUVER SUN DEMANDS RESIGNATION OF MANSON AS ATTORNEY-GENERAL
The Vancouver Sun is calling for the imediato resignation of Hon. A. M. Malison as attorney-general, The newspaper charges the attprney-general with responsibility for the suppression of o\idence by his do-partment in connection with the prosecution of a Japanese laborer named Yamlamota, charged with the murder of hi? .foreman, a fellow-countryman, at Port AVrec. The evi-lence withheld at the-tnal was medi-��Apopinion that the accused was ina Yamamota was sentenced to leatb but was later given a reprieve on the recommendation of the attorney-general's department.
FUNERAL OF CARDINAL ~ BEGIN WILL TAKE PLACE
ON SATURDAY MORNING
Quebec, July 20.�The funeral of the late head of the Roman Catholic church in Canada, Cardinal Begin, whose death took place Sunday, will be held next Saturday morning. The service will be held in the restored basilica, his cathedral. While the basilica is not reaay to be used for the ceremony, special arrangements have been made so that the body of the deceased cardinal may be received at the door of his own cathedral. A special corps of workmen sorted this morning to prepare the church for the services.
Will Have Candidates in AH Riding's.
Premier Veniot Is Banking on Hydro Policy to Secure Electors'-,.., Endorsation.
Fredericton, July 22.� Monday, August 10th, is'the date set for the provincial elections, with nominations one week earlier.
Premier Veniot completed hi.< cabinet before making -an order for the election writs issued by calling Hon. Allison A.' Dysart, of Buctou-che. speaker of the legislature and member for Kent, to the portfolio of minister of lands and mines, and Burton M. Hillj chief highways engineer.' to the portfolio of. minister of public works.
An order-in-council was also passed appointing the reorganized New Brunswick Electric Power commission, in accordance with an act passed at the last session of the legislature. The commission is increased from three to seven members, divided: into an executive' �and 'advisory ?ection, with Premier Veniot. who has retired from the position of minister of public works, as chairman of the commission.
Both parties have almost complete "lineups of candidates already in the
Prince. George was visited last week by three operators employed by the government liquor board. A. E. Reid arrived about the middle of the week, and Messrs. Bremner ana Wells pot in on Saturday. They came to Prince George in the belief the town was being run wide-open in so far as the illegal sale of li'quor is concerned,' bu.trafter combing it over very carefully expressed themselves as of. the opinion the government liquor act. js as well -observed, in Prince George a? in any city in the province. At-that the operators of the liquor board were not a'to-^etber out of luok in that thejy bagged three or four residents for broaches of the net.
Stephen P. Welch, steward of the r.hib run in connection with the G. W>^.A., was before Police Mngis-trate^Mornn on Tuesday in -answer to a change that he had made illegal sales of beer to operators on the club premises>. He acknowledged the corn, and entering a plea . of guilty was assessed $300 and cr�*ts. In this case it is understood the club will pay the fine. It might; well dG so, for had the prosecution proven
charees aeainst the club as a corporation the minimiim fine would have been $10&0.
Charles Lundgron, who has been living in a shack in the vicinity of
George street, between Fifth Sixth avenues, was charged.
and/' witfi
having sold beer and whisky to -the three operators. The saU^ were made by tho glass in the' orthodox bootlegger fashion, /The premises were searched by^rhe officers the morning after the sales had oven made and a,quantity of bser and whisky seized. Lundgren pleaded guilty and was fined $H00 and costs.
Catherine Whittier, a woman who was associated with Lundpren, and v?ho had assisted in the illegal sales, was charged with the lesser offence of receiving liquor illegally. She pleaded giiilty and was fined $50.
Martin Zadielovich. of the Empress hotel, was before Police Magistrate Moi'an on Wednesday morn-ins in answer to a charge of having made an illegal sale to the government operator? on Snnda'v morning When the Zadielovich premises were searched by the police the day after the'alleged sale the only thing found n"the way of liquid refreshment was �\ bottle of beer which had been stored in the water box attached to a :oilet.
Police Magistrate Moran imposed a fine of $350 and costs in the Zadielovich case.
PAY-ROLL'1VV\1>ITK SKKlv
CHAXGK OF QUARTERS
Pte THK1R APPEAI,
field. The
government now has can.li-
date? in the field in all constituencies, except the new urban constitu f S Sh d Millt
Vancouver. July 22�The 'application of C. C. Thompson and Frank DePaulo, for remo\�i from the federal penitentiary to the provincial jail at .baka^ai.pending their appeal to the Supreme court for a new trial, was adjourned yesterday for two weeks. Thompson ana Depaula. we;-r ppntPTiced to � tourieen ' tinf twelve yeavs imprisonment; respectively for their parts In the prticovi-ver city payroll robbery ( bor 29th, *1922, and the Capitol theatre robbery on^etmiary 10th, 19 2:^. In the payroll robbery thn thieves got awy with the municipal Payroll api-6unting to $70,000. Since thpsSe-robberies both men have been^erving time in prisons in the United States.
, p
ncy of St. Stephen and ^
formerly part of Charlotte ooun,ty, and Carleton county, whore, beean^e the Progressive candidates ^afe run-
ning as supporters of the nient's hydro-development there rrient
may be ticket.
govern-policy, no. �'Straight govern-
MICKEY SHANLON K\ULED IN THE RING BY HARRY
FAY AT LOUISVILLE
Louisville, July 22.�Mickey Shan-,lon, Chicapo lightweight, boxer, was
............. The opposition has I \^\\\ei\ last night in the fourth round
tickets everywhere except in North- j of a boxing bout with Harr Fay of umberland. | this city. Fay knocked Shanlon
acainst the ropes and in falling the Chicago man struck his head on the floor. Death was instantaneous. A charge of manslaughter was preferred against Fay but he was released
IMMIGRATION RULING
RAISES BAR AGAINST BOYS FROM BARNARDO HOMES
Quebec, July 20.�The decision of on bail, the federal immigration department
forbidding children under 14 years of age entrance into Canada from the British Isles will keep 7000 British lads from coming to the dominion this year, according to J. W. Hobday, "of Toronto, Canadian Bar-nardo Home boys' immigration-agent who arrived here Saturday from overseas. Thousands of applications have been received by the Barnardo immigration department, but owing to the recent ruling the applicants �will not be allowed entrance into the dominion. Last year-2500 Barnardo boys entered this country.
TENNESSEE JURY FINDS
SCOPES GUILTY AFTER FEW MINUTES' DELIBERATION
Dayton. Tenn., July 21.�The jury in the case of John Thomas Scopes, the 24-ytar-old school teacher charged with violating the state anti-evolution law, brought in a verdict of guilty this morning after seven minutes' deliberation. Judge Raulston imposed a fine of $100. Scopes was allowed his liberty on a bail bond for $500 pending an appeal in the case to the supreme court oi Tennessee.