EORGE CITIZEN * VOL. 10, No. 40. PRINCE GEORGE, B.C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBERTR, 1927. FIVE Police Magistrate Gets Salary Boost from June First ___ Resolution to This Effect Adopted With Aldermen Moffat and Wieland Opposing. Council Considering Renting Basement of City Hall as Mounted Police Barracks. The members of the city council decided on Friday evening to meet the requirements of Attorney-General Manson's action in increasing t,ue salary of Police Magistrate Tuuian irom Sji>0 to $1UO per month, me oruer became enective as irom june nrst, and the city clerk was instructed to adjust ttee salary 01 the pi,iice magistrate as from tnis date. .. .viuerman Moffat informed the council he had a retraction to make ,u connection with some previous re-marks made upon the salary increase. he had been under the impression the lirst application for an increase which had come from the police magistrate had been for an increase of .>_�> per month. This application had been refused by the council, and when the attorney-general's department had been brought into the mat-t< i- the increase was set at $50 pet month. Alderman Motfat said he found he was in error in stating the first application had been for an increase of but $25. The application had been for a $50 increase, and was the same application which the at-torn&y-general had acted upon. The matter was threshed out again for a few minutes but the members of the council realized they were I owerlesa to do other than meet the requirement of the attorney-general. It was eventually decided, upon motion of Alderman Fraser, that the city clerk be instructed to make the ,i i ;iistinent in the police magistrate's salary as from June 1st. Aldermen Moffat and Wieland had themselves corded as voting in the negative. Alderman Moffat submitted to the council a proposal .to rent the basement of the city hall to the mounted police department. He said he had been approached by H. E. Taylor sergeant, who had intimated that, if stable accommodation wer? provided tl e police department would pay a monthly rental of $30 for the us� of e basement as a police barracks. An estimate had been secured on the st of providing the required stable and the same could be furnished for 236. It was decided, upon motion of Alderman Praser, seconded by Al-it rman Wieland, to leave the matter in the hands of the finance committee with power to act. If the ar rangement is entered into there wil be no lease, but a month to month tenancy, the city not being in i position to lease, as the premise might be required for municipal po lice purposes. A lengthy list of delinquent trade licences was submitted to the coun nl. It was decided to place tne sam< in the hands of the police for further collections and at the next meeting of the council all delinquencies wil be turned over to the city solicitor. POLICE SUSPECT ATTEMPT OF COMMUNISTS TO WRECK ' BROOKLYN SUPREME COURT New York, Sept. 5.�Seven men were arrested today following an abortive attempt to bomb the Brooklyn supreme court building. The police believe they have uncovered a plot on the part of communist? to �l'-stroy public buildings throughout the country. TILDEN AND HUNTER WIN CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLES Sept. 5.� today Wil- iiani T. Tilden, paireo with Francis 1 � Hunter, won the doubles in the uional championship event when mev defeated William Johnstone and K. N. Williams in straight sets. The scores were 10-8, 6-3, 6-3. DR. H. B. HILL WILL ASSIST HIS SON CHARGED WITH MOTHER'S MURDER Seattle, Sept. 5.�Dr. H. B. Hill is on his way to this city to take charge of the defence of his son, Harry D. Hill, aged 22, who is held for the murder of his mother, Eliza Hill, aged 55, in her home at Streator, Illinois. The theory of the police is that the murder was committed as the result of a threat of the mother to disinherit her son. Her estate waj estimated at from $30,000 to $50,-000. Dr. Hill was divorced from his wife several years before the murder. PRIDE OF DETROIT ARRIVED IN INDIA ON SUNDAY Karachi, India, Sept. 5.�The monoplane Pride of Detroit, which is making a flight around the world, arrived at Bender Abbas, from Bagdad, on Sunday. PROVINCIAL HEALTH BOARD WILL NOT QUARANTINE Victoria, ^ Sept. 2.�Dr. H. E. Young, chairman of the board of health, stated that no quarantine was contemplated for any of the British Columbia communities affected by the infantile paralysis epidemic. "The increase in the number of cases is not alarming," he said. URUGUAY REPRESENTATIVE HEADS LEAGUE OF NATIONS Geneva, Sept. 5.�Senor Guani, of Uruguay, was elected president of the League of Nations today by a vote of 24 to 21 over Count Menen-rlerf, of Austria. It is announced here that Senator Dandurand has been instructed to advance Canada's claim to a non-permanent seat on the league council. PHIL EDWARDS COVERED 1000 YARDS IN FAST TIME Toronto, Sept. 5.�Phil Edwards, colored. British by birth but running under the colors of a New York club, on Saturday set a new Canadian record of two minutes and one-fifth second for the 1000-yard run. Tie Contractors Object to Peeling the Season's Cut Allowance for Additional Work Not Sufficient to Meet the Extra Cost. Railway Company Prepared to crease Contract* in B. C. by 15 Per Cent. In- Chestnut Hills, N.Y., a large company T. Tilden, paired " th d ASSERTS MINISTER KNEW OF FALSE CERTIFICATES Ottawa, Sept. 7.�C. P. Blair, ns-stant minister of customs, told the customs commission here yesterday t in 1922 he had reported to his nster false landing certificates were being trenerally used in connec-ri*>n with liquor shipments to Havana. W. K. VANDERBILT AND MRS. WARBURTON MARRIED Paris, Sept. 5.�William K. Van-'lerbilt and Mrs. Rosamund L. VVar->mrton, of New York, were mamed in the citv hall here today at ll:dU "'clock. The counle plan to return to New York by Thursday next. Although the tie department of the Canadian National railway has sent out its contracts for signature, tie-cutting1 will not get under way for some time. The chief, difficulty is in the requirement which is being insisted upon this season that all ties shall be peeled. For this service the company is prepared to make an additional allowance of 3 cents upon No. 1 and No. 2 ties, but the arrangement is not satisfactory to the contractors. They assert the 3-cent allowance will not cover the cost of peeling, and there is the further objection that peeled ties are more difficult to handle. Major G. P. MacLaren, general tie agent for the railway company, has been in this section several days looking over the situation, but the attitude of the contractors appears to be the same all along the line. They are anxious to get away from the peeling of the ties, but if this service is insisted upon they want a better price. A number of the contractors had a conference with Ma'or MacLaren in the city en Friday morning when they presented their visws as a body rather than as individuals, and received his assurance he would submit them upon his return to Montreal. Until the matter in dispute is adjusted K is unlikely a start will be made in petting out ties. It is said the contracts sent out by the railway company for this season call for an increase of 15 per cent over the contracts originally placed last season. There was some trouble experienced, however, in the delivery of ties in Alberta last year, with the result that the company signified its willingness to take all the ties the British Columbia contractors could produce. The over-run last season was about 25 per cent over most of the contracts, so that the British Columbia cut for the coming season may be about the same as that of last year. PRIDE OF DETROIT IS ON WAY TO RANGOO Calcutta, Sept. 7.�The Pride of Detroit, carrying Brock and Schlee, arrived here today and hopped off on her flight to Rangoon. Old Glory Lost in Attempt to Hy to Rome Distress Calls Sent Out When Plane Approximately 500 Miles Fxotn Newfoundland. Ships Are Speeding to Rescue and Hope Held Out Three Occupants May be Saved. New York, Sept. 8.�The big Fok-ker monoplane Old Glory, which set out from Oki Orchard, Maine, on Tuesday on a flight which was to take :t to Rome, has been ported as miss ing. This flight was sponsored by William Randolph Hearst and was one of the best equipped of any attempts to make the Atlantic crossing. The plane carried two pilots. J. D. Hill and Lloyd Bertaud, and Phil Payne who went as the personal re presentativo of the sponsor. Early on Wednesday a number of radio messages from the plane were intercepted which gave her position as somewhere about 500 miles off Newfoundland. The first messages received indicated that all was well with the craft. Suddenly without any previous preparation an S.O.S. call was picked up from the plane. A vessel coming up the Atlantic coast picked up a number of messages from Old Glorv and also got its distress signal. The Canard liner Transylvania picked up some of the signals and kept a strict watch for the plane but failed to see it. Washington, Sept. 8.�News that the plane Old Glory was in difficulty so soon after taking off caused much apprehension in flying circles here. Naval officers announced they had no vessel immediately available to go to the assistance of the fliers, and said it would be necessary to depend upon commercial vessels going to their assistance. There is so much travel along1 the ocean lane followed by Old Glory that the chances were considered good for their being picked up. That something went wrong with the mechanism of the ship is indicated by the short space which intervened between the message "All's well" and the distress call which followed a few minutes later. Chicago, Sept. \i�The Hearsi papers carry a story that the pilots of Old Glory had planned to pay their respects to the memory of the French aviators, Nungesser and Coll. who lost their lives in attempting the crossing from France to the United States. On their way the occupants of the Hearst plane intended to fly over that nortion of the ocean from which the Frenchmen were last heard from and to drop a wreath to which the inscription was attached, "In memorv of Messrs. Nungesser and ^oli. You showed the way. We follow you." The point at which Old Glory wn~ la�t heard from is "close to that from which the last signals were received from Mes-srs. Nungresser and Coli. who were lost three months .aero, and it is believed the nlaie St. Ranhaei. "irryinp" tVio Princess T,owenstein and Colonel Minchin and Cantain Hamilton were lost in relatively the same position. NO ABATEMENT IN EPIDEMIC OF INFANTILE PARALYSIS IN CITY OF EDMONTON BELIEVE CREW OF ST. RAPHAEL WERE LOST IN FIFTY-FIVE MILE GALE Nw York, Sept. 5.�The captain of a Norwegian steamer whiclf arrived in port here today gave it as his opinion that the Princess Lowenstein-Wertheim, Lieut.-Col. F. F. Minchin and Capt. Leslie Hamilton, who attempted the Atlantic crossing in the plane St. Raphael were lost in a fifty-five mile gale which he encourt* tered on the night of Wednesday, August 31st. TRADES UNION CONGRESS DEMANDS REPEAL OF TRADES UNION ACT Edinburgh, S�pt. 7.�The members of the British trades union congress in session here, yesterday made its reply to Premier Baldwin's appeal for industrial peace by unanimously calling for the repeal of the trades union act. President Picks, in his address, intimated British labor was prepared to adopt a policy of cooperating with employers with a view to securing a general improvement of the economic situation. AERO CLUB OF FRANCE CANCELS CALLIZO LICENCE Paris, Sept. 5.�Jean Callizo, the French aviator, who faked a world's altitude record of 18,000 metres, has been denounced by the aero club of France, and his pOot licence has been withdrawn. City Will Seek Relief in Courts from Manson Will Apply to Government fox- Fiat to Commence Suit to Recover Spotter's Fine. Government Collects Disputed count by Deducting Froia City's Liquor Cheque. Ac SASKATCHEWAN GIRL SETS NEW RECORD FOR HIGH JUMP Toronto, Sept. 5.�Ethel Cather-wood. of Saskatoon, established a new Canadian high jump record for women at the Canadian National exhibition meet on Saturday when she jumped five feet two inches. W. B. WHEELER, HEAD OF PROHIBITIONISTS, IS DEAD Battle Creek, Sept. 5.�W. B. Wheeler, known throughout the United States as the head of the anti-saloon league, died suddenly at the sanitarium here today. Council Agrees to Make Purchase of Reo Speed-Wagon Substituted Machine Effects a Saving to the Municipality of $807.00. Edmonton Sept. 8.�There has b finance committee rpcomm^nr'-i^d tbe novmPT^t of accounts amounting to $3541.28. The members of the city council have aeciuea to resist the action of Attorney-Lrenerai ivianson in deducting irom. tne municipal cheque for liquor proncs the $>ouo tine imposed by ronce Magistrate Moran upon Alexander xoung, one ol uie Spotters employed by tne government liquor Doaru. loung was convicted on tne cnarge of supplying liquor to a minor witn wnom ne associated during his stay in the city. Some montns alter the conviction the executive council at Victoria, on the recommendation of Attorney-General Manson, decided to remit the hne. .Nothing was said in the minute of council as to whether tne repayment should be made by the government or iiie city of Prince ueorge, but the demand was made upon tne city lor a refund of the tine. The members of the city council protested strongly against making a relunel in that tne attorney-general had not seen lit to attack tne magistrate s conviction, and the same still stood, if the attorney-general had the power to remit the hne without first quasning the conviction the aldermen contend he should be generous with the funds of the province, and not at the expense of the municipal revenues. The position of the- city is that it has an agreement with the attorney-general's department for the policing of the city. By the terms of this agreement the city pays to the government a stated sum for police/service, and under it all the tines imposed in the municipal court become the property of the municipality. The case against Young was prosecuted by the city, and under the agreement the hne of $300 became the property of the city. P. E. Wilson, city solicitor, made. representations in the matter to J. H. McMullin, superintendent of provincial police, several months ago, but the position taken by the police department was that the attorney-general was within his rights, and that the city would have to repay the amount of the fine. Matters remained in this shape until the government made out the city's cheque for liquor_proiits when it was found the $300 had been deducted from the amount owing to the city. This was reported to the council by Alderman Moffat, chairman of the finance committee, at the council meeting on Friday evening. He denounced the attorney-general's action as high-handed, and a violation of the agreement existing" between , the city and the government for the j policing of the city. The conviction under which the tine had been imposed still stood, and so long as it stood the fine was the property of the city, and not subject to the control of the attorney-general. Alderman Moffat was strongly in favor of resisting the. action of the attorney-general and having the courts pass upon his right to invade the contract existing: for the policing of the city. There was a suggestion that the city should deduct the $300 from the next cheque due the government for police services, but as Mayor Patter-vson pointed out, the payments from the government to the city were more frequent, and this would leave the government with the last word in the cheque-scalping proceedings. In the end it was decided, on the suggestion of Alderman Moffat, that the city should apply to the government for a fiat to sue the government for the recovery of the $300, and have the courts pass upon the issue whether the attorney-general has the power to invade the provisions of the agreement for the policing of the city. COURTNEY ABANDONS HIS NON-STOP FLIGHT Corunna, Sept. 7.�Captain Courtney, who was forced down near here in his projected non-stop flight from England to the United States, has decided, in view of weather conditions, to give up his non-stop flight. He now proposes to land at the Azores and fly from there to Newfoundland. MRS. LESLIE HAMILTON GIVES UP HOPE OR HUSBAND Ottawa, Sept. 5.�Mrs. Leslie Hamilton has given up hope for the safety of her husband, "who was making the flight from F.r.gland to Ottawa. She is making preparations to return to England.