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PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN
VOL. 10, No. 1.
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25. 1926.
FIVE CENTS.
Promoters of Paper Mill Secure Lands
SANKEY IS SENTENCED * in' r% , � ,
to hang for murder ! Bowser Retired
OF LORETTA CHISHOLM
Exact Location of Pulp and Paper w Mill Is Still Matter of Speculation.
It May be Several Weeks Before
Ground Is Broken on Site
for New Industry.
\lthough no definite statement has been issued from Victoria respecting the outcome of the negotiations which have been proceeding between Hon T. D. Pattullo, minister of lands, and Frank P. Jones the repre. sentative of the promoters of the Prince George pulp and paper mill, the consensus of opinion is that an agreement has been reached and that the t>'tf undertaking is to be proceeded with.
\\ P. Burden.' local representative nf the P'raser Timber Syndicate.
Prince Rupert, Nov. 25.�Joseph Sankey, the PorU Essington Indian, was sentenced to be hanged at Oakalla prison on Saturday,
February 19th, for the murder on j Former Premier May 23rd last of Miss Loretta Chisholm. who was employed at Port Essington as a public school teacher. Sankey will be taken south tomorrow to Oakalla to await the carrying out of the sentence of the court. The death sentence was imposed by Mr. Justice D. A. McDonald on the conclusion of tie assize court sittings. A. M. Johnson, crown prosecutor, of Victoria, had charge of the prosecution. The accused gave evidence on his own behalf, in the course of which he was as cool and collected as any person in the court room.
From Contest for Party Leadership
GERMAN COLOISTS BUY
LARGE TRACT OF LAND
IN MANITOBA PROVINCE
Springs Surprise
Upon Convention at
Kamloops.
Winnipeg. Nov. 22.�Dr. Fritz Schneider of Berlin has completed a deal for the purchase of a large tract of land between this city and Selkirk which is to be colonized by thirty German families. The price of the lands is given at $125,000
GOVERNMENT LIQUOR Senator Taylor of New Westminster! PROFITS HAVE_PASSED
Is Contesting With Leon J. Ladner
ivorably but further than this said e had no statement to make. There re indications, however, that con-deration is being given to the sel-
ection of a site for the new industry. Options were taken some time ago upon a
which could be utilized in connection � (jeaj with the promoters' operations and | et_Vlo 1 r of '
ONTARIO GOVERNMENT
ACCEPTS CHALLENGE OF COCHRANE BOOTLEGGERS
Cochrane, Nov. 23. � Letter?
with death unless they drop the investigation now being carried on in this section, have been received. The nolice are convinced the letters have been sent out by members of a bootlegging combination which is held
number of parcels of land t be responsible for the recent uld be utilized in connection d u Inspector Con-
been exer-during the present week, but
have offered a reward of $5000 for information which will lead to the
THE $3,000,000 MARK
i
Liquor profits for the six months
Kamloops, Nov 24.�W. J. Bowser | ending September 30 aggregate $1,-who for twenty-five years has been j 555 000. according to a statement prominent in provincial politics, and i �?de by Premier John Oliver. Of who succeeded to the Conservative I �IS sum $544,250 would be available leadership upon the retirement of Sir! for, (I1^r'b"tlon to th.e municipalities
UinkarJ MrtVkr-iAa rnmnlotol,, ^fPao^,l I and �2,5.5.2f)O to hospitals throughout
Richard McBride completely effaced I J} ?
himself from the political' picture the Province, here today. The aged chieftain chose i M,N,cTFp the Conservative convention, which I ' was called to select a leader, for the deliverance of his valedictory. He told the four hundred delegates gathered in the hall he was confident he would secure sufficient votes to
LABOR WILL TRY TO AVERT STRIKE OF
RAILWAY EMPLOYEES
Court of Appeal Orders New Trial in Bellos Case
is Held That Sergeant Walker Exceeded His Duties as Police Officer.
Court Did Not Deal With Suggested
Prejudice of Jurors Against
Prisoner
The conviction of Arthur Bellos upon the charge of assaulting' Richard Brotherston in Grace Ryan's house on the evening of' June 28th, 1925, has been quashed by the court of appeal and a new trial ordered. Shortly after the conviction of Bellos there was more or less talk of prejudice against Bellos on the part of members of the jury, and a number of affidavits were filed to establish j this. The conviction, it would seem,
Montreal. Nov. 23.�While it is j was not quashed for this reason but freely conceded that the vote of IB,, j upon the ground that Sergeant Walk-
trainmen's organization
call a strike on the Canadian' rail-
has given ' ceeded his duty in connection with power to I the
That it is the duty of a police of-
Peter Heenan the new mm- : was the opinion expressed bv Mr the Greatest excite lster of la r< has tenHered hls ��od \ Justice Martin in the court of ap-fowsU w*c mnUn^ offices and is seeking to bring Lh? peal at Vancouver on Wednesday.
The court
a no information obtainable as conviction of thc on or nersonp
to whether these parcels will form responsible j thJ death of Office the. site of the works for the large Constable aml state the number of undertaking or whether ihey merely | H officprs worki in thp di?tHct represent lands which will be inci- i will be cnnsiderablv increased uniess
de
There arc still a number of people who express confidence the bier mill will be located on the Hudson's Bay property, on" the site secured some years ago by J. D. McArthur. but there is little in the latest developments to support this belief. In an undertaking of the magnitude of the proposed pulp and paper mill it would be unreasonable to expect1 that matters such as the selection lof a site or the date upon which (construction will commence will bej settled out of hand. It is stated, however, that the work now under way at Isle Pierre will be proceeded with continuously, but even if this proves to be the case it will be several 1 weeks before there is a sufficient volume of work to warrant any movement of unemployed to this point, Xn announcement as to when Pfound will be broken on mill enn-struction is expected for some time.
results are soon obtained.
Burglar Entered Leith Hardware on Saturday Night
Unexpected Return of Proprietor
Cut Short the Raid on His
Stock.
Thief Had Gathered Up Number of
Rifles When Obliged to Make
Hi* Escape.
JUDGE ROBERTSON SPLITS VERDICT FOR IVA ZEBLEY
SUIT FOR WAGES DUE
Another tangle in the affairs of Iva Zebley and Fred Wiggins was straightened out before Judge Rob-ertson on Monday. The case was to have come up at the assize court tting. but the principals did not put in an appearance. It arose at
pp
Lake and involved f
wage
i\clahn of $fi00 against the partner-I >bio of Wicrtrins and Ellison. The defcmdant Ellison admitted the claim but Wiggins resisted, claiming the Woman was in the service of Ellison The court gave a verdict of $200 atrainst Wiggins and judgment for tne balance against Ellison. Messrs. Wilson & Wilson appeared for the plaintiff, and A. McB. Young for the defendant Wiggins.
SAM MILNE. ONE OF THE FIRST SETTLERS, WAS IN ATTENDANCE AT ASSIZE
Milne's
0110 of
weel? in
f
He as
one , trii I 1-905
ehr.lv pres;
Milne, the man aft�r whom landing takes its name, was the visitors to the city last connection with the sitting size court, having been sum-i for jury duty. Mr. Milne is '! the oldest settlers in the dis-liavir.g come hi during the year lie took up land on the Ne-\ about two miles from the ni town of Vanderhoof, near �(.! ?01p where travellers seeking to "1"; St. James used to cross As the country began to ferry was put in by the 'it, and for many years "��iing w;ll(irge Sergeant W. A. Walker of Prince
George. The objectionable evidence related to answers of Bellos elicited
United States railways.
Charles Russell Given Maximum on
Magistrate Alexander Holds There
Wai
P. J. Moran, proprietor of the Con-naught hotel, has completed extensive improvements to his hotel prop-ety to enable him to takp care of the increased business which will come with the advent of the pulp and paper mill. With the new rooms which have been added the Con-naught now has 5,r> outside bedrooms, and a full complement of ladies' and gentlemen's lavatories, and is steam-heated throughout. Mr. Moran reports that during his five years' connection with the Connaught the business of the hotel has never been bettor than it is at present and that the hotel is facing a very bright future.
vest the leadership of the party in 00 � membt'rs of the conductors' and j er, of the provincial police, had ex-
himself again, but in the interest of
the party, and to secure the harmony
which would enable it to present a i
united front to the Liberals in the l V''ays< th.e $Pi?ion ?_exPressed that a f1Cer when making an arrest to keep
next election, he said he had decided | Z*LZUtvL^vJl^lll "Bit ! his m?uth shut and his e?r? <*�".
to withdraw his name from nomination. There was
ment while Mr. Bowser was making
his address, and his remarks were
drowned by repeated volleys of
cheering and applause.
His retirement from the contest
with Leon J. Ladner for the leadership was quite unexpected, and in the
opinion of many this was taken as
settling the question of leadership.
as Mr. Bowser was the only candidate seriously considered in opposition to the boom which was started
some weeks ago in favor of Mr.
Ladner. This expectation was soon
dispelled by tHe announcement of
Senator J. D. Taylor that he would
permit his name to go before the
convention. Amid great excitement
he told the delegates that so long as
Mr. Bowser was in the running for
leadership he would have his support.
but with Mr. Bowser eliminated he
was prepared to contest the honor
with Mr, Ladner or any other who
inieht be placed in nomination.
There was plenty of enthusiasm
when the nomination, of Mr. Ladner
and Senator Taylor were made. Two
compromise candidate? were also
nominated in the persons of Victor
Spencer, of Vancouver, a director of
the Spencer departmental store, and
C. F. Davie. a solicitor, of Duncan, who is the son of former premier Alex. Davie, and a nephew of former premier Theodore Davie. who later held thc position of chief justice.
Kamloops, Nov. 25.�On the first ballot Ladner secured a majority of the 545 votes cast, being credited with 289. The vote for Taylor was 220. Spencer 28. and Davie 13.
The percentage required to win. apparently, was not reached if the figures given are correct, and an adjournment was taken until 2 o'clock this afternoon.
Brazen Defiance of Law in Vancouver.
MINISTER OF LANDS
OPPOSES CONCESSION TO
SOUTHERN TIMBER MEN
Victoria. Nov. 22.�Hon. T. D. Pattullo, minister of lands, is not in sympathy with the agitation which has been started by the timber interests in southeast Kootenay off a downward revision of the timber royalties in that section of the province. The movement has received the endorsation of the Nelson board of trade, upon the theory that a reduction in the royalties would permit of operations in hardwood which are not feasible under existing royalties. The minister has two objections to present to the proposal of the East Kootenay timber interests. The first is that the matter of timber royalties could not be opened unless the whole province is brought in, and the operators in othor sections express their willingness for special treatment of the timber of East Kootenay in the matter of royalties. He intimated that if the royalties in East Kootenay were taken off altogether some of the mills would not be in a posi-
Two Waiters Convicted of Liquor
Selling Fined $500 with
Imprisonment.
Vancouver, Nov. 23.�Magistrate H. O. Alexander handed out a stiff sentence yesterday when he gave Charles Russell six months' imprisonment at hard labor upon his conviction as the keeper of a common gaming house at the Kingsway road, house which was raided by provincial police last week. This was the maximum penalty and was imposed in view of the flagrant manner in which the gambling house was conducted. It was brought out in the evidence this establishment had been permitted to operate openly by the Vancouver police, and that at the time of the raid .there were some sixty persons on the premises. A truck-load of exhibits were taken by the police and they ranged from the usual gambling paraphernalia to four
by the officer, who had previously warned the accused agains tthe danger of talking. The evidence, according to the court, could snve the jury j the impression that Bellos did not I tell the truth and should not be be-i lieved.
This evoked comment from Mr. Justice Martin, who added that the police officer exceeded his duty when he cross-examined thr> prisoner:
The court did not find it necessary to decide whether the jury bad been prejudiced against Bellos, who urged this as a ground for a new trial. He submitted eight affidavits from Prince George residents that certain jurors, who were afterwards empanelled for Bellos' trial, had told thorn previously that Bellos should be convicted.
Chief Justice Macdonald stated that if the court accepted this evidence a new trial should be ordered. Some of the affidavit alleeations were disputed, however, and Mr. A. C. Brydon-Jack submitted an affidavit by Sergeant Walker that one of I yesterday to two years 1 ;"t for theft. He admitted
! oTo?f t0 $60�� i nolant was entirely wiped out including the boiler bouse. The loss is partly covered by yisurance.
AGREEMENT SIGNED TO
COVER SHIPBUILDING
London. Nov. 22.�An agreement has hr^n signed between the shipbuilding emplpvers1 association nnd the members of the engineering federation and the .ihitibvnlHing trades which provides for the settlement of watre disputes without recourse to �strikes.
tion to operate.
also expressed
tho opinion the market wns unfavorable at present for the utilization of tho East Kootenay timber which was beinjr classed n? hardwood and svig-gested the utilization of it be deferred until the market improved when the royalties woul 1 become a much less important factor.
RESULTS OF HIGH
SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS
Leaders of thn various high school classes in the work of September and October are as follows:
Gtade 11 � Kntherine McLeod. 77.5; Bettv Harvie, 75, and Cora "McLellan 67.6.
Grade 10�Patricia Burden. 78; Stanley McLean, 77.6; Jean Tyner, 73.7 a*nd Dorothy Kyle, 70.1.
Grade 9�Rose Rice. 89.2: AhP-el-ino Rice 87.3; Samuel McLean, 85.9; Hprbf*-t Minnion, 84.9, and Eva Morrell, 84.3.
POLICE FAIL TO FIND
MAN WANTED FOR MURDER OF GEORGE MICHIE
Nanaimo, Nov. 22.�Provincial police officers have returned from an extensive search in the timbered sections of this vicinity for O. E. Mc-Mahon who early on Saturday morn, ing shot and killed George Michie at a logging camp twelve miles from here. No trace of McMahon or the two men who accompanied him could be found. McMahon is believed to be insane. He was formerly em-cloyed at the camp where the shooting* took place but had been discharged. Before beginning his attack upon Michie he took thp "ro-caution to cut the telephone wires connecting the camp with the outside. The police are now using bloodhounds in the effort to track McMahon having secured clothing formerly worn by the fugitive to give the dogs the scent.
WOMEN'S AUXILIARY OF
ST. MJCHAF.L'S CHURCH PLAN BAZAAR FOR DEC. 4
Kingston. Nov. 22.�Mayor Thos Angrov has retired fiom the provincial constituency of Kingston, which makes a straight fight between former Attorney-General Nickle -is the j \ OTA. supporter an,] T A. Kidd. thc I The members of the womenj mix. candidate of the Ferguson govern- I iliary of St. Michael's church have Aient. Mr. Nickle broke with Pvem-| completed their arrangements for the ier Ferguson on the liquor issue.
TEN MINERS TRAPPED IN
MINE BY EXPLOSION
Coleman, Alta., Nov. 23.�Ten men have been trapped in the McGil.
holding of their annual bazaar on the afternoon of Saturday. December -4 and are counting upon making it tho most successful thev have undertaken. The bazaar will be held ir; the ballroom of the Prince Geowre
livray Creek company's coal mine as j hotel, opening at �> o clock, and will the result of a bump explosion. A* ! be followed bv o dance in the oven-seven o'clock this evening the res-1 ing. The lad�eg have secured a lare-e cuera had not been ablo to reacL J assortment of sewn and fancy work, them. b"t there is every reason to} which will be moderately priced; ?'nd_ believe they will he taken ou; alive, special attention will be giveri to 1^�
display of home eookmir. They will put on sale thirty tested cooking recipes which they say are guaranteed to gladden any home in Prince George. Tn connection with the bazaar there will be a number of guessing contests and raffles aa a new feature.
BRITISH T?ASC!STI
APPEARANCE IN BELFAST
Belfast Nov. 23.�An attempt to introduce the British Fascisti movement here resulted in a riot at the inaugural meeting at which the chairman was badly mauled.