PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN
1'KlM'E (iKOK'.iE; ]{.(.'., WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1919.
FIVE CENTS.
Lionel Peck and Party May Italy's Premier Pass Through Saturday Night RetmrxsJ� Paris
ueUi Col. Peck, V.C.. M.P., andf arlv of returned soldiers numbering
ti> an
ru( two hundred, will probably trough Prince George on Sat-apcordlng to information re-j i lie men are travelling by pedal train Mayor Carney has re-, . ..in- from Colonel Peck in inquiry forwarded last for the specific date of The wire staten that probably be the day exact time would be nun as possible. War Veterans and the city ,.-, are arranging to give the lilting reception.
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Irrival
,nla> n.i thai
Bill US �
Cfr.il
l IMSIIKD, SAYS IIINDY.
,1,1,,,/ May 2.�"German mill-
M has been broken forever," in
iicineiii attributed to Field Mar-
i.jii Himtenburg, reports of
.,. rpsr&natlon nave been receiv-
,.,. General Groener, former
of iii'' department of munitions,
uhd Ins been the field marshal's
PRAIRIE SECTION HAS
OLD-TIMK BLIZZARD
Lethbridge, Alta., worst May blizzaid In over southern Alberta hour fall of heavy
May 3.�The years raged all night, a wet anuw m
(Special to tbo Citizen). London, May 6.�The Fiume question has been settled with the Italian government on the baste that Klume �"� ;ui autonomous port for tuo years mid then given to Italy.
thief
taff, Is mentioned as his ccessor, according to news ere from Kolberg.
illow River Sawmill Burned Last Night
the evening being followed by a rag ing northwest wind, accompanied Ij> snow. Wires were down in all direc-tions this morning and C.P.R. pas senger service was seriously Inter fered with. The moisture came op portunely for the farmers, 8fi per cent, of the wheat being seeded. The storm 1h now abating'. Seven degrees of frost were registered.
f'onoka reports 16 inches ol snow and Nuinaka u heavy fall. Moisture Is very welcome.
To Make Arctic Big Food Producer
(Special to the Citizen). Ottawa, May 7.�Stefansson, the Canadian Arctic explorer, has prey Bented a scheme for converting, (in-Arctic and sub-Arctic regions ,of Canada into a great wool, milk, and meat producing area. His scheme involves the introduction of large herds of reindeer into the/Canadian North and the domestication and development of larjfe herds of rnuskox.
Paris, ifl kah
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and aBi the tie tomorn
i> RETURNS. Maj 6, Premie for Paris last i it) formulated b; late powe.rn la to iiin delegates at
Orlando
Kill. The
the Allied be handed| \ ersaillea!
Many Killed in Riot in Moscow
(Special to the Citizen). London, May 7.�Four hundred persons wore killed in Moscow last Week when the Red Guard waa called upon to disperse rioters. The casualties ri'Sulted when the- crowds assembled demanding food and shouting, Down with rrotzky and Len-ine!"
Land Settlement Area Will Include Choice District Lands
SEATTLE TO INAUGURATE
THE FIVE-DAY WEEK
IV III '.MAN
Albany, N v., May ars' imprisonment was
FATHER.
� Twenty given B,
KXfTTKMRNT Slltsnu.s.
Rome, Maj 7. With the de Premier Orlando for Paris, week is country*''
parture
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pa th to expres
ts wi.lf Ik.
News
the hope acknow-
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MOli VIOLENCE IN KOl'TH.
sawmill of the Northern Lum- _______
impany at Willow River was! ^ew York. May 5.�In the last yed by tire last night, accord-j'thirty years :i224 persons have been information received byyMr. j killed by mobs, according to a re-eo. K McLaUghlln, manager Cf the I port by the National Association for nuI>i*it> . | the Advancement of Colored People.
N'p parti, ulars are available as to, por tne pf.rjO(l from 1889 through he origin of the &re/ The lumber ? 1918( tlie North has had 219 victims,
the South 2834, the West 156 and Alaska and other localities 15.
Fifty colored women and eleven white women werg lynched in four
i>f
Hlenient of Ihe
ing t lirotrghoul ' papers con I inue i thai 11:11> 'h rig] 1 (edged.
I'liucv i�L.-y*^iob.
I'uris, Mu' 7 The Supr�*n11- Eco-i iioinic council has considered' plans now J-orniulated to bring about the complete economic isolation of (Jer-. many In the even! that the German delegation refuses to s!km the preliminaries oi peace.
TRIAL OF i:\-K\ISI.K
"1'iiris, May 7 The clause regarding the responsibilities l<>r the war, which was not acted <>n aj prevous sessions of the plenary conference, is understood to have been Incorporated in 11 i*e final draft of the treaty. This provides for tTie trial of the former Cernuui 'emperor for the supreme offense "against international morality and the sanctity of treaties."
Lawtjrfi for brutality and manslaughter: lie shook, his six months-old fj;ii>\ until 11m neck broke because its crying disturbed his sleep.
<;il.\STLY I -'ATALITY.
couver, May 5.- Minus the pail nf tin: trunk, which in be-to have Found its way into the al the Urooks-Uidlake mill. d> <>f Wpng Hing lies at the orgue pending an Inquiry Into n uni3tances surrounding his
up'pei lievei
burn. the b pitj i the i
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,3eattle, May 2.�^Official announcement that a five-day week would be enforced cominjenoing May 3 was made last'night by the Building Trades Council, representing approximately 6uou workers. No work be done on Saturday and Sunday. The short week will also be put into effect In Tacorna and other northwest cities soon, it was said.
The change was said to have been made In the belief that more men could be given employment in the building trades and that the building program of Seattle could be carried out through 192(1 without unemt-ployment.
Strike Threatens In Winnipeg
llintf u;is engaged filing a saw at j
the mill, when another Oriental is1 (Special to the Citizen.)
Baid to have started the machinery,1 Winnipeg, May 7.�At a tueetin not knowing of the man's proximity! of the Trades and Labor Council las to the table. The filer's body was night all unions affiliated with tha thrown over the teeth and literally body were instructed to take a strike cut in halves, one portion passing vote immediately. The vote is to b through a hole in the wall near the taken as a "sympathetic strike" with saw. and, it is thought, falling into'the unions now out. Seventy-five the burner, where it was consumed, unions are affiliated with the Labo .� � � � Council representing 27,000 men.
Edmonton, ('. \v. Fisher, for thir- _____________
teen years speaker of the Alberta Legislature, passed away at 11:30 last niKlit.
NEW TRAIN'S KKrOHD TIME.
lies and outbuildings were saved. lie loss is a heavy one and there as no insurance.
The tijr-fil is one of the oldest in .Mii.i-T business in the district, aving established near South Fort Seorge in 1910. Mr. McLaughlin is Owner of the plant, having re-
Icently purchased the interests of the other shareholders. There is deep regrw^xpressed o^er b'� loss.
German Language on Streets Objected To By G.W.V.A.
At the regular meeting of the (J. city council
states, says the report. The tfortbl 5V.V-.A. held last evening with a good [should lend and West together have lynched 21' attendance, six persons during the last five years.
and residents generally their assistance to fur-
Railway shop men
make new demand
CANADIAN COMMANDER
PRAISES WORK BEING DONK BY Y. M. C. A. IX #>'*;k 't
London, .May �.�1 heartily endorse the Y.M.C.A. work as carried on since the ariuMtice was signed. Never before has the Beaver Hut and London work been so appreciated.
me in hers were
initiated. Many questions were discussed regarding the damage to property in the city announced in last week's paper as being committed by Great War Veterans and re-
tli
the scheme.
on the Housing question progress a as reported, but the authorities Kindling the matter are urged to get lei'mite information on the subject.
The Ladies' Auxiliary, which has
turned soldiers. The local associa- fallen in abeyance, is to be reorgan-tion have put un record that the G. ized and a meeting to that end will W.V.A. disclaim any responsibility be held on Friday next at 2 p.m.
in I
Montreal, May 5.�Announcemen is made by Canadian Pacific Railway officials of the inauguration of a fas all-sleeping-car train across the con tinent, starting June 1. It will be an entirely new train and additiona to the usually augmented summer schedule train.
This additional train means that passengers will be delivered in Van couver from Montreal in ninety-three hours; from Winnipeg to Vancouver in forty-eight hours and between Winnipeg and Calgary and Vancouver and Calgary in approximately twenty-four hours, thus making the fastest transcontinental run on any railway.
in the matter; that property is sufficiently guarded by their constitution, which they must adhere to; at the
Montredl, May 3.�Will the sub-
Icommittee of tne Railway War Board! grant the demands of 35,000 men of' The Association's camp activities arejsame time they do object�and most strength of all is needed at the pres-1 inS since 1914- People of
Auxiliaries have done good work many parts of Canada, and some members have done so here, but the |
HORSE-RACING IN PARIS.
Paris, May 7.�An immense crowd witnessed the first public horse rac-
France
Itre Federated Shop Trades of Railways of i anada for a 44-hour week j
invaluable for the contentment of the|strongly�to hearing alien languages
men awaiting transportation home,
? 20 ppr cent:"increase"in wages"' and l hol>e that the same efficiency or win h be necessary for men to be|of o�aniattJon nwy continue in Can-
tPulled out ou strike to enforce the demands'.'
This is the (juestlon that is giving considerable anxiety to eight delegates of the Canadian Federated Shop Trades, some of whom have arrived In the city and who will meet the employers in conference here on 1- The delegates are back
|*'lth a request for a new agreement. They na\je been empowered to de-a 44-hour week and a twenty cent Increase In wages, and to ['se the full power and strength of unions of the railways of Canada
Itl.e
obtain It.
A farmer near Cookstown, Que.,
{Predicts that In ten
years all the
P owing will be done by autos, with e'N in high-heeled boots and silk �lockings to drive them,. Then the jM �ui be to keep the young away from the farm.�Gait Re-
fOURTH PETRJOVA I�ICTUR*3 COMBINES ROMANCE WITH GRIPPING .SUSPENSE THRILL
1'Hrova's fourth starring under her own management jrd
Mad in vein
i th!rnlprered Stee1-" wh��h pomes u" �('x Theatre on Thursday, Frl-
JWritte 3luuraay *>'f thiB week.
I the beat
Oeorge MIddleton, one of
erica. ', own Pi <�e younger Am-�" Playwrights, and eteran pilot of
'
Inn
directed by screen lumin-
Ule Btory ln whleh
Tun,
. :l which fdmirers ha
name.
'�'"�ova makes her last ap-'�ontuins all the elements UBpense and rapid ac-e Polish star's many edieH m?,1'016' !n one ot his late on this week's bill.
l�he k for Dp
'tiny--
used exclusively ln the city, and (hose doing so may take notice that as men keep returning at regular in-
ent time and for the future energy is required.
It is the general wish of the executive that all returned soldiers turn
appear eager to forget the war.
(gigned) TURNER.
tervals the local 'will take no re- out and give Colonel Peck and traln-j sponsibility should disturbances oc- load of men for the coast a welcome
Captain Tait, Dentist, Will Locate Here
Captain E. S. Tait, dentist, who has served nearly four yeara in the Canadian Army Dental Corps, will arrive in Prince George within the next few days to open an office here for the practice of his profession.
Captain Tait is an exceptionally well qualified dentist and Intends to take u\j permanent residence in this city.
FINED FOR GREETING WILHELM
Duseldorf, May 6.�Commercial Councillor Underberg, of Moers. bel-gium, whose estate abut the Dutch frontier, Instructed hia gardener to crofjs the border and despatch a message of birthday greetings to the former German emperor.
The latter acknowledged the compliment on a postcard, which fell in-i to the hands of the Belgian authorl ties. Underberg was prosecuted and sentenced to jail, with a tine of a hundred francs for carrying on fur-bidden communication with the tor-mer emperor.
ROUMANIAN onm:i: FOR
CANADIAN CLOTHING
cur in the future.
As a warning to citizens generally tue local association advises them that a member has been expelled from the association for receiving nijonies on behalf of the returned soldiers and for general misconduct; that no monies must be paid to anyone except those authorized by the executive.
The Land Settlement scheme was discussed and it was pointed out that
in connection with the local reception being arranged.
The election of officers took place by ballot and the results were as r'ollows: President, Comrade Wimbles; Vice-President, Comrade Vib-bard; Secretary, Comrade Fisher; Assistant Secretary, Comrade Mell-son; Treasurer, Comrade Pooley by acclamation.
Comrade Sinclair wished to retire from the office of treasurer, and will
a qualifying board may in the future now look after the publicity with
be located here. The members lieve that the Board of Trade,
be-the
Comrade Fisher on all matters connected with the branch.
Belleville, Out., May 1.�The executive of the Canadian Association of Garment Manufacturers has secured confirmation from the Roumanian and Canadian governments of an order that will amount to $l,G00,u0u for shuts and overulls, to he shipped to the Roumanian government. The order is for one million garments, one half shirts and one half overalls J of strong, serviceable kind, such as used in rural parts of Canada.
Recent search by the Dominion government has proved the existence of, a large area of comparatively high grade ooal in the district adjoining Hudson Hope and Peace River in northern B.C., and drills have tapped the flow of natural gas. There are well-founded hopes of potash discoveries In relation to -the very of gypsum on th
CLAIMS FOR PRISONERS.
London, May 7.�Claims for compensation for injuries to British prisoners of war in Germany will be included in Great Britain's demand
for compensation fro mGermauy.
Challenged City
Council to Resign
It looked like a quiet night at Thursday's city council session. The aldermen were just about to reach for their hats when a surprise attack was sprung by Alderman Wilson in the following letter, which was handed to the/mayor and read by the city clerk: Mr. H. A. Carney. Mayor, Prince
George, B.C.
Bear Sir,�Much as 1 regret the disturbance and destruction of property that has occurred since the last council meeting, I do not consider that the council acted in the best in-i terests of the city. It was my Inten tion to resign from the council and seek re-election, but the few support ers to whom I have spoken insist that 1 do not resign alone.
Under these conditions 1 challenge the whole council and police comm'is-
> Mr. D. D. Munro, of the provincial Land Settlement Board, was in the city this week. He has been looking over various parts of the district preparatory to the establishment of a land settlement area hereabouts. He stated that the question was now practically decided by the government and an announcement would likely be made within a short time.
In connection with the examination of lands to be Incorporated In the proposed settlement area, Louis \'ib bard, u local land cruiser and a returned soldier, has been looking over a large tract of land south of the city adjoining the P. G. E, grade. It Is believed this area, which includes some of the choicest lands in Central B. <'., may be taken in.
Coast papers recently announced that an area of XO.OOU acres along the G. T. P. line ea.st of hero had been deckled upon for the Commencement of the proposed area. According to later reports this area will be greatly increased lo include lands lying north and south of Prince George.
Premier Oliver and Ministers Inspect the Route of P. G. E.
Premier Oliver and several members of the provincial cabinet, were in Quesnel on Monday, having travelled up over the Pacific Great Kast-ern Railway grade from the head of steel in the vicinity of Lac la Hache. The premier and his party are inspecting the work already done and now being rapidly pushed from the lower end.
The party was given a reception at Quesnel, when the residents of that town took up the question of a slight alteration in the surveyed route of the railway to allow closer communication with the town.
The party came north of Quesnel to Cottouwood Creek to inspect the site of the high bridge * ? be �.rcet_.l there. The regret is expressed here that the premier's party could not afford time to make the journey the remainder of the distance to Prince eorge.
EUROPEAN TOURISTS.
Winnipeg, May 5.�That tourists by hundreds and thousands will be ready to go to Europe before Europe s ready to receive them is the opin-on of the big tourist agencies.
Steamship men say that a million passengers have been booked to Europe for as soon after the conclusion of peace as it is possible to cross. Large numbers are for the steerage, but there are thousands of people all over j Canada and the United States eager to view the bat-lefields of France.
DREAMLAND THEATRE.
As a basis for "The Spirit of '17," >hich Jack Pickford is to star at the Dreamland Theatre Friday and Saturday nights, Judge Willis Brown, he author, has employed an exceedingly timely theme, dealing with the labor agitations that are now causing so much trouble throughout the country. "The Spirit of '17" has its locale in the copper mining district, near which is situated an Old Soldier* Home. Trouble la caused in the 1 tow n as a result of the work of Qer-mia'n agents, and young Davy Glid-dens (.Jack Pickford) conceives the novel idea of mobilizing the forces of the old Soldiers' Home to defend the town until the regular troops can be summoned. A splendid cast and the excellent direction of. William D
sion to resign and go to the people Taylor have added their full quota of
success to Mr. Pick ford's newest plct ure.
Wild freaks of action! Weird tan-;! Sudden and iumor! These
for an endorsement of their respective views and positions. Thin challenge, if accepted, will cause an expense to the city, and 1 propose tfiat these expenses ue borne by the present members of the police commission and council in the following proportions: (1) All returned members pay 26 per cent, of the expenses. (2) All defeated members pay balance of the expenses.
of eireuinstaiif' dynamic charges of elements, �and considerable more, make George M. Cohan's new Art-craft picture, "Seven Keys to Maid-plate," ihe most novel dim of the year. When it whs produced on the Ktage by George M. it defied erititss and won their most favorable review.
I further suggest that the ladies of fj bewildered the audience and left
' thum proclaiming it the most remarkable farce ever staged. It was heralded as the greatest novelty of the
the
River near Peace Point.
AT THE REX THEATRE, Thursday, Friday and Saturday Nights.
the Daughters of the,Knipire be asked to act as returning officer and
clerk without fees. This will give | theatre and readily accepted as such the ladies an insight as to how elec- wherever it appeared. On the screen tions are conducted and they will he of the Dreamland Theatre next Mon-able to advise other ladies when any day and Tuesday this famous theat-future elections take place. I remain. I rioal hit will disclose not only yours respectfully,
HENRY WILSON. After the mayor and aldermen had regained their breath somebody moved that Alderman Wilson's letter be filed. This met with a hearty re-j owing to the non-arrival of films sponse�-and the challenge remains ; u,e Dreamland Theatre will be clos-unaecepted. , | ed tonight and Thurday night.
the
unusual mystery, humor and thrills of the original play but also the in-imituble George M. Cohan himself, plus the wide scope of the cinema which .was denit'il its stago presenta-