k# PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN VOL. 10, No. 43. PRINCE GEORGE. B.C., THURSDAY-, SEPTEMBER 29, 1927 FIVE CENTS. Mew Route Found for Highway to Prince Rupert Air Reconnai��ance Discloses Valley Which Connects Up With th� River Systems Public Works Department Sends Engineers to Check Up Reports Submitted by Aviator. Victoria, Sept. 24�The first aerial ro-i,! surveys ever conducted in Canada have discovered a huge mysteries valley which may proye the key , ,pen up the B.C. northland with :," highway from the interior to the 'it Prince Rupert. After engineer* flying over the chaos of moun-and glacier east of Prince Rup-had reported the discovery of ELKS INTEND HOLDINC CHRISTMAS CHEER DXNCE EVENING OF NOVEMBER 24 tain ert thi The enterta ime t comm of the local Elks lodge has decided to hold the annual Christmas cheer dance on the evening of Thursday, November 24th. The entire proceeds of the dance will be applied to the previding of Christmas cheer for those whose financial circumstances do not admit of their making- the necessary provision. This assistance is given to all needy withot regard to connection with the lodge, and is an effort in which the lodge members feel they can confidently appeal to the citizens for their generous assistance and support. This can be don p purchasing tickets for the Th Elk h e y pg dance. The Elks' orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Bayne, will provide the music for the dancing. y Hon. W. H. CLOUDBURST CAUSES LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY DAMAGE IN AUSTRIA had p this possible road route, Sutherland, minister of public works, immediately ordered a recognizance foot A party of engineers will ly on foot. A party of engineers invade the wilderness north of the Skeena river immediately and attempt to find whether the_ supposed through the Coast Mountain? can be utilized for one of the greatest road projects ever undertaken in the province. Flying eastward from the head oi Wark Channel, experts of the public works department have virtually changed the maps of Northern British Columbia. Former ideas of the hinterland back of the Skeena are completely in error, the aerial surveys and photographs show, and an unsuspected cut through the Coast range has been r< vealed. This passage, which may save the people of British Columbia many million dollars, runs from the head of Wark Channel northeastward in an almost straight line, which engineers flyinp at a height of 4500 feet were able to see clearly. If this �.alley continues far enough to join the rivers which flow eastward into the Skeena, the greatest engineering problem facing the government will be solved. The proposed route of the new transprovincial road would run from Prince Rupert up this valley to the northward, thus avoiding altogether tl ( canyon of the Skeena, where the ; of highway construction would '�:'� into millions, and where build- " might prove impossible. After sing through this valley the road uld run southward back to the ;i ena on the water grades afforded � one of several rivers, either the �tew, nearest the coast, the Zyma- rotit further east, or preferably the tsumkalum, still higher up the SI.....na. Engineers will ascend the Exstew rivorby canoe next month, establish a cache at the head of navigation. 'I then strike inland on foot. Their ! ject will be to make sure that the ! ' w mystery valley actually cuts 1 ar through the Coast range and iins the rivers which flow eastward. ROSSLAND MAN MURDERS WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN AND KILLS HIMSELF Rossland, Sept. 28.�One of the most shocking tragedies in the history of the city was revealed yesterday with the finding of the bodies of William Gorman, his wife and those of his two small girls. A letter enclosing $500 for funeral expenses which was addressed to a friend, lor to a visit to the Gorman home and the finding of the bodies. The bodies of the two children were found lr the bed which they had occupied while those of Gorman and his wife were found in the family automobile From the indications it is apparen that Gorman killed, his children am his wife and then took his own life To make sure of his wife's death he opened the veins in her wrists wher he deposited her body in the auto mobile. A dog, which was kept b> the family, was drowned in a wash tub. OTTAWA WILL RESIST SUPREME COURT FINDING REGARDING FISHERIES AC Ottawa, Sept. 26,�The federa department of marine and fishene will appeal the finding of the supreme court of British Columbia which do dared that part of the federal fish eries act requiring clam canners v take out federal licences is ultra vire of the Canadian parliament. in federal authorities were bound t appeal this decision, since if it ncK the decision would apply to the sal "ion canners as well as those cngagec in putting up clams. MINISTRY OF DEFENCE WILL ENCOURAGE CIVIL AVIATK Ottawa, Sept. 24.�That the de partm-nt of defence will do all in it> Dower to encourage civil aviation i the announcement of Minister ot ue f*nce Ralston. He intimates an ag frressive nolicy to this end will soor l>e launched. Vienna, Sept. 27.�One of the most evastating cloudbursts in the his-ory of this country was experienced esterday. The storm swept over he western part of Austria and hrough the eastern portion of Swit-erland. An incomplete check-up of he casualties show hundreds to have een killed or injured, with thous-nds rendered homeless and a prop-rty damage of unprecedented pro-ortions. From Bregenza comes the eport that the great dam across the ihine, in the principality of Lichten-tein, on the Swiss border, burst un-er the pressure of the water and hat many persons perished in the esultant flood. FORD MANAGER DENIES RUMORS OF WAR WITH THE GENERAL MOTORS Detroit, Sept. 28.�An important official of the Ford organization today gave an unqualified denial to the story which has been current for several weeks to the effect that when the Ford company is ready to put out its new car it will commence a sales war upon the General Motors. Nothing1 of this nature is contemplated by the Ford company. CANADA GETS ONE SETTLER BACK FOR EVERY THREE LOST TO UNITED STATES Ottawa, Sept. 28.�The United States furnished more settlers for Canada than any other country for the first five months of the current year. Arrivals from the United States totalled 26,306 as agaist 12,-387 asrivals from Great Britain. On this showing- Canada is receiving back-one settler for every three which it loses to the United States. RESIDENTS OF YALE FISH IN FRASER TO RECOVER MISSING SILK PARCELS BROADCAST OF TUNNEY- DEMPSEY FIGHT PICKED . * UP IN GREENLAND New York, Setp. 26.�The Greenland expedition of the University of Michigan, in a wireless, announces that it had a very good radio reception of the Tunney-Dempsey. fight. GERMAN DIPLOMAT KILLED WHEN PLANE CRASHES Berlin, Sept. 24.�Baron von Maltzan, German ambassador to Washington, and four companions, including Baron von Arnheim, were killed when a passenger plane crashed near the city today. PREMIER KING TAKES LONG-DEFERRED VACATION Ottawa, Sept. 24.�Premier King has gone to his country home at Kingmere, north of this city, where he will start on a long-deferred vacation. He expects to be absem from the capital for several weeks. PLANE WRECKAGE BELIEVED THAT OF NUNGESSER-COLI Yale, Sept. 28.-�Approximately 3500 parcels of silk have been recov- Boulogne, Sept. 23.�Wreckage of an airplane has been washed ashore on the beach near Cape Griznez. It is believed to be from the plane of ered from the Fraser river, but an- I the"French 'aviatorsr'Nungesser "and other thousand parcels are still miss; �jj RELATIVES OF MEN LOST ON SUBMARINE ENTER SUIT FOR $2,000,000 DAMAGES New York, Sept. 27.�Damage uits were commenced in the United States district court here yesterday jy the relatives of the thirty-three ifficers and men who were lost in the inking of the United States submar-ne XT>1 which was lost in 1925. The claims approximate two million dol- other thousand parcels are still missing. The silk was lost when a special C. P. R. silk train was derailed and five cars went into the river, and were smashed up. It was the first serious accident the C.P.R. has had with a silk train in twenty years. The railway rompany offers a reward of �5 for each parcel recovered from the river, and as a result every resident of Yale and vicinity who can CANADIAN PRINTERS SEEK HIGHER CUSTOMS DUTIES move about is engaged in the fishing. ! Ottawa, Sept. 23.�Canadian printers and publishers have submitted representations to the tariff board with a view to securing higher customs duties upon a wide range of | printed matter. P. G. E. RAILWAY CUTS OPERATING LOSS $75,000 LONDON TIMES PRAISES PREMIER FERGUSON FOR ONTARIO SCHOOL POLICY ST. PAUL BANDITS KIDNAP DIAMOND SALESMAN WITH fi 125,000 WORTH OF GEMS St. Paul. Sept. 27.�A number of bandits yesterday kidnapped H. Hamburg, a New York diamond salesman, and relieved him of stones valued at .$12.",,000. The salesman was forced to get into the auto of he bandits which was driven rapid-y out of the city, where Hamburg was relieved of his jewels and turned oose. Federal Revenues are Threatened by Fishery Decision If Judgment Is Affirmed Canners Will Demand Return of Licences and Taxes. Section of Act Now Under Fire Has Been Enforced for the Past Sixty Years. Sept. 27.�The news Vancouver, oepi. -�� �?.� �� at the federal government will ap- th peal the decision A. Macdonald in was exp of Mr. Justice W. the fisheries case ,,,ected in fishing circles in this ,.uv as the decision is Ear-reaching. It is pointed out the Dominion fisheries department might, as a result of the decision, be required to repay licence fees, which have been paid by cannery operators under this apparently illegal exercise of federal P(?ThiJ*aspect,of the situation is being considered here by the canners legal adviser ieKNot previosly attacked in all its sixty years' existence, Section 7a of the Fisheries Act has produced a farge revenue for the federal depart- ment. venue for t im.ul including the cannery licence fees and the assessment of four cents , case on sjffkiiye and tSree cptsa %.UM for other salmon packe-l;th< receipts have approximated ? 1,000,- receipt u00 during ivc ni yeor3. To ask the dominion authorities to this money will, without esag* u strenuous contest, dgment has also opened up ersy many refund doubt, presag* The jud another field for controversy. Many Japanese fishermen were refused �T. . i:.,,,^Oo this season, and Japanese fishing licences f season, least twenty-one of these at least were bom in Canada and are British su* iects Proceedings on behalf of these Japanese against dominion fisheries department are_Jiow_ under ^advisement; and ' d for fishermen would have earn- which^efishermen ed if licences had been granted them. " In the meantime the dominion government proposes to refer the question of the validity of the legislation to the supreme court of Canada for decision. Victoria, Sept. 28.�The railway department makes the statement that the P. G. E. railway will reduce its annual operating loss by $75,000 this year as the result of increased business and economies. This will leave the operating loss at approximately S22"),000 for the year: Heart Trouble Caused Kemal to Move His Capital Attitude of Angora Forced Ruler to Return to the Constantinople He Hated. London, Sept. 24.�The London Times devotes considerable space in its editorial columns to a review of fhe Ontario school question and praises Premier Ferguson fcr his do-cision to settle the bilingual issue by reverting to the separate former years. -chool of WINNIPEG BOARD OF TRADE ADDRESSED BY MEMBERS OF FEDERAL CABINET British Influence in the Ancient Capital Given as Reason for First Desertion. Winnipeg, Sept 28.�The members of the Winnipeg board of trade were addressed last night by three members of the federal cabinet in the persons of Hon. J. A. Robb, minister of finance; Hon. C. A. Dunning, minister of railways, and Hon. P. J. Ven-iot, postmaster-general. In addition to the ministers there was a large attendance of members of the Canadian chamber of commerce who were on their way home from attending the convention in Vancouver. Constantinople, Sept. 20 �A little twinge of arteriosclerosis has caused the Turkish capital to be tempoiarily transferred from Angora to Constantinople. When Mustapha Kemal slipped away from here one dark night in 1 !H 9 to organize the Nationalist movement in Anatolia he swore he would never return, as he had a con- j tempt for thin Turkish city that had i fellen under the control of non-Turks ' and was cringing under the British occupation. For eight years he has been choking and cursing in the mud and dust of Angora, and he would never have visited Constantinople if he had not had a sudden heart attack one dr.y recently. "You have had a !>ad case of :>.r-tericschelerosis," said the German specialist who had been hurriedly summoned by Ismet Pasha, his right-hand man. "The high altitude here is extremely dangerous for you. and unless you move to Constantinople or some other healthy coast town you Merger in Local Motor Business Effected Saturday Prince George Motors Limited Ar- quires Holdings and Business of Ed. Hall. H. G. Perry & Company Acted for Both Principals in Protracted Negotiations. Federal Income Tax Will be bought at Conference British Columbia Will Contend It Is Direct Taxation and Vested in the Provinces. Residents of B. C. May Have Annual Tax Burden of Four Million Lifted From Them. Victoria, Sept. 24.�British Columbia business will profit by nearly $4,000,000 a year if the provincial representatives at the interprovincial conference are successful in their concerted drive for the complete removal of the federal income tax. Should the federal authorities agree at the request of the provinces to relinquish this revenue, such a burden will be lifted from business here that the resulting stimulatiin to trade generally will be felt immediately all over the province, officials of the government believe. Now that British Columbia has decided to take a lead in attacking the federal government's right to levy a direct tax like~the impost on income, it is regarded as certain here that taxation problems will form one of the chief themes before the national gathering, which will open in Ottawa November 3. The sales tax, the other federal levy which is regarded provincially as direct, also will come under attack as conflicting with the spirit if not the letter of the British North America Act. The provincial government does not desire the federal income tax revenue for itself. If the federal tax were cancelled B. C. business thus would gain the entire amount now collected from it annually. Over the last five-year period this has averaged $3,900,000 a year, paid by all lines of business. Mining enterprises have paid a large proportion of the levy and it is in the mining industry that the removal of the tax would offer the greatest stimulus, finance experts believe. This change, it is thought, would turn a large new volume of capital into the mining industry of the province. In support of their request for a national taxation revision, provincial representatives will contend that the new business which would follow the cancellation of the federal income tax would make up to the Dominion government most of the revenue which it would lose by this arrangement. Through the tariff and excise tax on this new trade, it is argued, the federal authorities would receive a large additional source of income. In any case, it is contended, the British North America Act specifically reserves all direct taxation for the provinces, and the income tax can not be considered as anything but direct, provincial officials assert. It was imposed as a war measure and as such was not opposed by the provinces at its inception. Now that the war has passed, however, they feel a readjustment is needed. While many other matters will be before the conference, the effort to relieve business of taxation burdens undoubtedly will bulk largest in the minds of Canadian business men. The move which is being started here will vitally affect every business enterprise in British Columbia. POSTMASTER-GENERAL WILL MAKE STATEMENT ON BOWER CHARGES will not live months." more than several So the dictator put his pride in his pocket, and loading his harem and his stock of hard liquor on a special train, went over to Constantinople and installed himself.in one of the h B Sultan's palaces h h h e the cool Bos- d Sultans paa phorus, where he will probably spend the rest of his life. ;- The government will officially re-nfain at Angora, but the cabinet is now meeting at Constantinople, and all important decisions will be taken there. INFANTILE PARALYSIS ON INCREASE IN UNITED STATES Washington, Sept. 23.�Reports to the health service disclose 656 cases of infantile paralysis as under treatment in the United States on Sen tember 17th, as aeainst 550 cases for the previous week. INFANTILE PARALYSIS APPEARS IN WINNIPEG Winnipeg, Sept. 23.�The first case of infantile paralysis has made its anpearance in a local hospital Throuehout Alberta eight new case? have been reported within the past two days. A deal whereby the Prince George Motors Limited acquire the property and business of Ed. Hall was negotiated on Saturday. In the deal the Prince George Motors acquires the three lots on the corner of George street and Fifth avenue upon which Mr. Hall recently erected his handsome garage premises, as well as the stock-in-trade of the garage business. The consideration was approximately $30,000. The Prince George Motors will take the business over as soon as necessary inventories of stock have been taken. Negotiations in the deal have been under way for several weeks, the firm of H. G. Perry & Company acting for both principals. In the purchase Prince George loses its original automobile dealer, who pioneered the way when an automobile was regarded as a luxury and not a necessity. It Is Mr. Hall's intention to pay a vrsit to the Peacp River section and look the business situation over. He expects to be gone a couple of months, when he will return to the city and dispose of other interests which he has here. IMPORTANT CHANGES IN C.N.R. COLONIZATION OFFICES Montreal, Sept. 23.�Important changes are announced in the C.N.R. colonization offices. W. J. Black, assistant to the western manager of colonization and agriculture at Sns-katoon, has been appointed eastern superintendent with offices at Montreal. W. E. Watson, of Saskatoon, ernes to Winnipeg: as superintendent of farm employment. Winnipeg, Sept. 28.�Postmaster-General P. J. Veniot will make no statement on the charges which have been preferred r.gainst T. T. Bower, local postmaster, by the postal employees' organization until after he returns to Ottawa. The charges are that the postmaster skimped the men in the matter of providing necessary equipment, that he prevented their proper advancement, that he kept his office under-manned with the result that members of the staff were required to work long hours, and thaT he opposed in every way the right of the men to collective bargaining in the matter of wages and conditions of employment. Behind the charges of the organization is a move to secure the reinstatement of a number of employees who were dismissed from the service following a strike. The postmastergeneral h?ul an interview with Postmaster Bower and with the representatives of the postal employees and will issue a statement upon his return to Ottawa INFANTILE PARALYSIS IS SPREADING IN THE EAST Boston, Sept. 26.�Ninety-four cases of infantile paralysis were reported to the state department of health during the past week. CAPT. H. H. BROAD IS ACCORDED FLYING HONORS London, Sept. 24.�The international aeronautical association htts granted the world's record for light planes to Capt. H. H. Broad, of Great Britain, for flying 187,47 miles per hour. >