PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN^
VOL. 10. No. 39.
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C.,   THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1927.
FIVE CENTS.
Graham Given Two Years and Fenwick Deferred Sentence
Charged  With  Entering  Hall  Garage
and Abstracting Cash From
the Office Safe.
Police    Recover     the    Money     After
Greater Part  Hat*  Been Spent
in  Roistering.
George Fenwick and Ray Graham, two Prince George boys who have ahout reached their majority, were \uiuHied by fojice Magistrate uoian on Tuesday to stand their trial upon the charge of entering tn<� premises of &d. Hall, on George street, and of stealing $134.5U iroin the safe in the garage office.
1 he theft occurred during the night of Friday, August 26th, after the garage collections for the day had been deposited in the office safe and the premises locked up. Shortly after eight o'clock the following ii �,ruing the bookkeeper opened the safe and found all the currency had been taken from it, and that three chi ques had been left in an envelope. Suspicion was at once directed to Fenwick, who for a time had been employed in the garage and was possessed of the safe combination. Shortly after-iO o'clock on Saturday morning he was placed under arrest by Provincial Constable McGlinchy and the arrest of Ray Graham fol-lowed shortly after.
When the hearing opened in the police court on Tuesday morning P. K. Wilson appeared for the prose-lution, J. M. McLean appeared for Fenwick, and A. McB. Young for Graham.
Ed. Hall gave evidence as to the placing of the Fridav collections in one of the safe drawers at the close of the day. He could not give the exact amount as it was the custom to check over the cash register in the morning. He had locked the safe in thfe presence of two persons. In the morning the only evidence he could see of his premises having been en-tered was the absence of the money from the safe, and the fact that the d >or leading into the stockroom from :� � street had been unlocked. He v . certain it had been locked on 1 riday night. The witness admitted he did not give much attention to the combination used on his safe, and that it was known by several persons. It was known to himself, his bookkeeper and mechanic, and by the ac-(used Fenwick. There were others who knew the combination but they were not in the city at present.
Provincial Constable McGlinchy gave evidence as to the arrest of Fenwick on Saturday morning at his home on Fourth avenue, as the result of a complaint by Ed. Hall. When he had brought Fenwick to the poljce station he informed him he was under arrest upon a charge of stealing $134.50 from the safe in th� Hall garage. He then cautioned Fenwick in the terms of the new police regulations and asked him if he wished to make any statement in connection with the charge. Fenwick then made a confession.
J. M. McLean took objection to the admission of the alleged confession on the ground that the caution given to the accused had not been sufficient Hut the magistrate overruled the objection and allowed the confession to �o in. The recital of the confession was in the handwriting of Ofiicer McGlinchy, but the substance of it war, in Fenwick's handwriting. In it Fenwick admitted entering the side door of the Rarage premises on Friday night, and the opening of the "t^ice safe and abstraction of the currency therefrom. He counted the money hurriedly and thought he secured about $132. After commit-!>"tf the theft Fenwick and Graham visited the resorts on Fraser avenue. whore Fenwick cave Graham a part �f the proceeds of the theft.
Officer McGlinchy testified further !hat Fenwick admitted hiding some of the stolen money in a shed in the rear of his parents' residence, and going with him $52 were recovered. The officer then visited the houses in which Fenwick said he and Graham j had spent a large part of the money. From the keeper of one house he recovered $57, and from the keeper of the second house he got 120. At the 'imp of his arrest Fenwick had $2.50 �n his person, so the total recoveries wPre but three dollars short of the amount stolen.
The case for the crown against ''Tfiham rested chiefly upon the evidence of Fenwick. In the witness box '� made a clean breast of the doings
the night in  question.     He  said
*ham and himself had been roister-'n? about and found themselves short of money. It was known by Graham that h^ was possessed of the combination of the Hall safe, and the suggestion was made that he should open the safe and take what monev there Wa� in it. In cpmpany with Graham (Continued on pa*re 4.)
THORNTON PREDICTS
LARGER CROP THAN IN 1926
Ottawa, Aug. 26.�Sir Henry Thornton has returned from an extended western trip which took him through the prairie provinces. He predicts a bigger Canadian wheat crop than that of the previous year provided the weather continues favorable.
UNITED STATES DRUGGISTS
WILL MEET IN CANADA
St. Louis, Aug. 26.�The American pharmaceutical association has decided to meet in Canada for its 1932 session, sitting jointly with the Canadian association. It will be the first time the American association has held sessions outside the United States.
HON. VINCENT MASSEY
MAY GO TO LONDON
Ottawa, Aug. 26.�An early announcement is expected of the appointment of a Canadian minister at London and the appointment of a British minister to Ottawa. It is believed Hon. Vincent Massey. Canadian minister at Washington, will jj; the London appointment.
Peace River Will Export Nearly Jen Million Bushels
Farmers   Will   Benefit   From   Recent
Cut Ordered  in  Freights by
Railway Board.
District   Will    Soon    Force    Railway
Authorities   to   Give   Direct
Coast  Connection.
 THIRTEENTH ANNUAL
FALL FAIR OPENED   IN CURLING RINK YESTERDAY
The thirteenth annual fall fair opened yesterday afternoon in the curling rink, and while there are a number of very interesting exhibits it must be said that the fair is but a shadow of its former greatness. Two reasons are offered for the shrinking of the fair. The first was the uncertainty as to whether it would be held, | and the second is the growing indifference on the part of the farmers toward an institution which should be of considerable advantage to them. There are no district exhibits entered in the fair this year, and the directors will doubtless be asked at their next meeting fo substitute individual exhibits for the district exhibits in the fair competition.
Considerable life_was injected into the fair on Wednesday evening by the members of the Prince George band, who donated their services in concert to the fair management. The members of the band are rapidly becoming more proficient, and have added several popular selections to their repertoire in preparation for their engagement at Quesnel on Labor Day. Their programme on Wednesday evening was enjoyed by a large number. Following the band concent a very enjoyable dance was given in the Ritts-Kifer under the auspices of the fair management.
The awards of the judges on the fair exhibits will appear in the next issue of The Citizen.
SIR JOHN CECIL DAVIES
DIES AT NEWPORT
London, Aug. 30.�Sir John Cecil Davies, vice-chairman of Baldwins Limited, and a director in a number of other London companies, died today at Newport.
Fines Imposed in Connection With Tabor Creek Fite
PRIDE OF DETROIT
CROSSES ATLANTIC  IN
LESS THAN ONE DAY
Cioydon, Eng., Aug. 29.�The Pride of Detroit crossed the Atlantic in less than one day, establishing a new record. The actual time in crossing was 23 hours and 21 minutes. The plane is making a world cruise which was planned by Edward F. Schlee, a wealthy Detroit business man, who has William S. Brock as a pilot. The best record for a round-the-world flight is 28 days, and Schlee expects to Clip a lot off it. The plane started on its flight to Munich, Germany, this morning.
Belgrade, Aug. 30.�The Pride of Detroit plane, carrying Edward F. Schlee and William Brock, arrived here    today    on its round-the-world
J, D. Newcomb Convictecffor Failure
to Extinguish Camp Fire
Started by  Him.
A. F. Campbell Guilty Under Section of Act Making Employer Responsible.
The charges preferred by the forest branch of.the provincial government against J. D. Newcomb and J. A. F. Campbell for carelessness ill not extinguishing a camp fire were heard by Stipendiary Magistrate Milburn on Friday before an interested courtroom. The suggestion of the officers of the forest branch was that the big forest fire which raged for several days in the vicinity of Tabor creek was caused by a camp fire set by Newcomb on Lot 9095.
J. A. F. Campbell is conducting a
flight, have completed the trip from I       ,                                           pin
Munich.    The plane hopped off today ! ' for Constantinople.
PRINCE GEORGE WILL SEND EXHIBIT TO RUPERT FOR
DISTRICT COMPETITION
President F. D. Taylor, of the local fair association, has undertaken the forwarding of an exhibit from the Prince George fair for competition in connection with the fair at Rupert.
An exhibit of the produce of the central interior will go east this fall for showing at the Toronto winter fi
Railway Board Orders New Rate on Grain Shipments
Rate to the Pacific Coast Is Equalized
With That to Head of the
Lakes.
Will   Cut   Several   Cents   Off    Wheat
Shipments   to   Vancouver  and
Prince Rupert.
 g fair.    D. D. Munro   of Smithers, has
undertaken the assembling    of    this exhibit, which is to be chosen    from the      best      of      the      exhibits     at Prince Rupert, so that much  of the produce of the Prince George district I will doubtless find a place in Toronto, j Two   representatives   will    accompany the local    district    exhibit    to Prince Rupert.    William Lockyer will assistant   has
REDUCTION TO BE MADF. IN
RHINELAND ALLIED TROOPS
The Peace River district will this year come very close to the ten million bushels of grain for export which was set last year by the railway authorities as the minimum which would entitle the district to expect consideration of its demands for direct rail connection with the Pacific coast.
The Peace River Record, in dealing with   crop   conditions,   on   Thursday last,  said  there were  binders in the fields this  year  as  early  as August 12th, and by the middle of last week | bc  in  charo-e, but every   machine   in  the   district     was | not yet bee^ narned. busy harvesting.
Never in the history of the Peace River country has the crop been so generally excellent. From Pouce Coupe, B.C., to High Prairie, the growth has been splendid, and a poor field is rarely seen. A low-lying field here and there had, perhaps, too much moisture, and now and then a field is found where lax methods are all too apparent in the preparation of the soil. But other than this tlu> c*rop is a splendid one. The yield will be heavy�but not so heavy as many appear to believe. There is many a field of which-forty bushels is expected where the thresher will show perhaps thirty-five, and in some cases down to thirty bushels. In a few cases the yield will be all or more than predicted, but in the majority of cases the variance will be downward rather than up. Notwithstanding, the total grain production will be the largest on record from the north country, and with the harvest well under way there is no apparent reason for altering the earlier estimate of 8,300,000 bushels for shipment over the E.D. & B.C. railway during the coming winter.
Ottawa,   Aug.   26.�The   long  expected order of the board of railway commissioners respecting the rates to be charged by the railways on shipments  of grain and  flour has    been issued.    The order stipulates that the rates    to     Vancouver     and     Prince Rupert shall be fixed on    the    same ! basis  as  the  rates to   Fort  William, I which   in   effect   is   the   equalization
INDIA LINKED WITH BEAM
WIRELESS TO BRITAIN
London, Aug. 27.�India was connected with Groat Britain yesterday by the beam wireless. The Dominions and Commercial company assert that a teep*hone service with Britain and the British dominions will be in operation within one year.
PRIDE OF DETROIT HOPS
OFF AT HARBOR GRACE ON WORLD-CIRCLING FLIGHT
Harbor Grace, Nfld., Aug. 27.�The monoplane Pride of Detroit, carrying William S, Brock as pilot, and Edward F. Schlee, a Detroit business man. hopped off today for Croydon. England, on what is intended to be a flight around the world.
REDUCED FREIGHT RATES
WILL  SAVE   EDMONTON MILLION DOLLARS THIS YEAR
Edmonton, Aug. 30.�A. Chardt freight traffic supervisor for the provincial government, estimates the new freight rate fixed by the railway commissioners will effect a saying of one milion dollars to the province of Alberta in the movement of this season's crop. Alberta benefits from the cut in the eastbound as well as the westbound rate. On the basis and routing of last season's crop the province paid excess rates amounting-to $750,000, but figured on the cro�� for th�! current vear th� saving will be fully one million dollars.
London, Aue occupation troons in the Rhinoland brinpinw thp arrnv of occupation down to fiO.OOO. Frnnce is to wUMrow ^nf