PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEI VOL. 11 No. 20. PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN THURSDAY, APRIL 26 1928. Five Cents. Importance of/ Associated Boards Theme of Talk L. B.-'Warner, of Smithen, Delivers Interesting Address To Board of Trade Members Talked On Achievement Since Or ganization of Associated Boards in June Last HENRY JAMES CAMBIE DIED IN VANCOUVER Vancouver, April 23. � Henry James Cambie, a pioneer railway builder who had charge of the construction of a large part of the C. P. R.Hhrough British Columbia, diec ath is home here at the advanced ag of 91. L. B. Wiarner, president of the Associated Boards of Trade of Cen tral British Columbia, was the prin cipal speaker at the monthly lun cheon, of. the local board yesterday Mr. Warner comes from Smithers and when not engaged in making board of trade speeches gets quite a kick out of life in his editing of the Interior News. Tn June last representatives from all the local boards of trade in the central portion of the province gath ered at Smithers for the purpose of organizing an association of boards of trade which would have more or less common regional interests. The associated board was organized and L. B. Warner was chosen as the first president. At the initial meeting of the board in Smithers there were numerous resolutions endorsed. Some of them were understood by the delegates and some were not. In the interim following the Smithers meeting some of the recommendations have been acted upon and some have been forgotten. What has been done hae been largely the work of President Warner, and his purpose in coming to Prince George to address the members of the local board was to inform them as to progress madev He was given a hearty reception when he rose to accept the welcome tendered by President William Coop. The Smithers man is imbued with the importance of the federated boards of Central British Columbia. In it he sees the chance for the solution of many of its problems, and throughout his interesting talk he made a constant plea for co-operation, with each local board making use of the central organization and speaking through it in a manner to command attention. President Warner suggested that the associated boards of trade for Central British Columbia would be a competent authority to speak upon such public questions as are involved in the P. G. E. railway, and in the selecting of the route for the railway which is to tap the Peace River district from the west. In the past there had been a very grave.conflict as between local boards in the matter of policy, and this destroyed the hope of getting anywhere with desired solutions. One of the matters which had been taken up by the associated boards since organization last year had to do with freight and express rates on the Canadian National railway. As the freight rate on coal from prairie points was fixed the rate to Prince Ruert was $4.40, the rate to the intei*mediate point of Terrace $6.30 while the rate to Smithers was $5.70. The associated boards did not secure all that was sought from the railway in adjusting the coal rates, but they did receive concessions, and it was rather improbable that they would have come had it not been for the fact the associated boards were speaking for all the boards of trade along the Canadian National Railway, as well as'for that of Stewart. As a striking example of the value of the associated boards of trade Mr. Warner referred to the situation existing at Stewart. At the initial meeting of the board some difficulty attended the adoption of a resolution asking for adequate wharfage facilities at that point. To POLICE INVESTIGATOR MURDERED IN CHICAGO Chicago, April '23.�Ben Newark former chief investigator for Stat Attorney Crowe, was murdered in his home here last night when as sassins shot him through a window SEATTLE POLICE ARREST MAN SUSPECTED OF BOMBING THE EMBASSY THEATRE Seattle, April 23�The police have arrested a man named Woodhouse upon the charge of being implicatec in the bombing of the Embassy Theatre in this city. CHILD FRACTURES SKULL IN FALL FROM SCHOOL WINDOW Seattle, April 23.� James" Titus five-year-old .boy, is in the Everett hospital suffering from a fracturec skull which he received in a fal from a window in the public schoo' at Pinehurst. ]/~~x RESOLUTION RESTRICTING FISHING LICENCES TO BRITISH SUBJECTS Ottawa, April 23.�The resolution of W. G. McQuarrie, which seeks to restrict fishing licences in British Columbia to British subjects was approved by the house of commons today. CITY OF CORINTH REPORTED DESTROYED BY EARTHQUAKE Athens, April 23.�Reports re-:eived here indicate that the greater part of the city of Corinth has been destroyed by a series of earthquaks. A large number of persons are reported to have been killed and the work of rescue is greatly hampered by a condition of panic which resulted in uninjured residents fleeing the city. DUKE SCHILLER AND PHIL ~* WOOD PLAN FLIGHT FROM IRELAND NEXT JULY Miami, April 23.�Phil Wood, Janadian airman, makes the announcement that he and Duke Schil-er, another Canadian airman, have made arrangements for a flight from Ireland to Old Orchard, Maine, n July next. MAJOR FITZMAURICE RETURNS TO GREENLY ISLAND WITH BREMEN REPAIR PARTS � Quebec, April 23.�W/ord was received here today that Major Fitz-'��nurice had returned to Greenly _sland with repair parts and supplies for the Bremen. Duke Schil-er and Dr. Louis Susinier, who were he first fliers to reach the Bremen ifter its arrival on Greenly Island?, lave been invited to accompany the Bremen to New York and take part n the reception to the Atlantic "Hers. WADENA WOMAN KILLED WHEN AUTO IS STRUCK ON RAILWAY CROSSING Saskatoon, Sask., April 22� Richard R. Reilly, principal of the Wa-iena school, was probably fatally inured when the auto in which he vas riding was struck by a train on i railway crossing. His wife, who vas accompanying him in the car was killed outright. Baseball Teams Got Away to Good Start on Sunday Baseball got away with a good start on Sunday and about 100 fans saw the C. N- R. Athletic Association team defeat the City ballplayers by 13 to 12. For the opening game it was very good and some snappy play was witnessed. Quite a few new players have arrived in the city lately and from the way everything looks now, this summer should see quite a bit of interest taken in the old game again. Arrangements are being made to have the Cranbrook Sawmills baseball team play here on Sunday commencing at 2 o'clock. This is the first season for the lumber boys and it is reported they have some good material from which to make a team. At any rate there should be a good game put up for the fana on Sunday and it now rests with them to support the teams and thus assure LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL PLACES BAN ON SEX PLAYS Los Angeles, April 23.�The city council has placed a ban upon the presentation of all sex degeneration plays, at once. THOMAS W. MILLER ON HIS WAY TO SERVE TIME IN ATLANTA PRISON Washington, April 23.�Thomas W. Miller, former custodian of alien enemy property, today started on his way to the Atlanta prison where he will commence serving his sentence of eighteen months for fraud in connection with his disposition of die patents. IRVING S. COBB ASSESSED $7000 FOR HITTING DRESS DESIGNERS WITH AUTO New York, April 23.�Irving S. Cobb, magazine writer, got material for one of his funny sketches today when he was assessed $7000 dam- , apes' for striking two dress design-enough interest in the games to make; ers with his automobile, it worth while for all. _______________ AUSTRIAN AUTHORITIES REPORT THE THEFT OF DEFENCE PLANS The Red Widow Presented by Local Cast Next Week Director C. H. Lewi� Says The Show Enjoyed New York Run of More Than Three Yean Cast and Chorus of Seventy Will Appear in 250 Costumes in Popular Numbers R. and the City team will take place at Duchess Park on Sunday, May 6th at 2.30 p.m. Having won the -opening game the C. N. R. feel that j Vienna, April 23-^-Austrian auth-they have^ everything their own way; orities re t the theft of jmpOrtant and intend to hold it so, but the City j defence " plans by two men who team cannot see it from the sara angle. Conservatives Will Nominate Their Candidate Tonight Indications Point To F. P. Burden Receiving The Honor Without Opposition There are 49,S:?7 federal govern- his mind this was due to the fact mcnt cjvi'] servants in the dominion that the delegates in attendance did d f J 10504 are em that the delegates in attendance did i S c of tnJs numDer 10,504 are em- g and of tnJs numD appreciate the situation at Stew- . . Jn ottawa. art. Since the Smithers meeting he ^ ', * -------------:------------ had gathered a lot of information ' sociated boards had endorsed the respecting the wharfage situation, project as a matter of general ad-and he was convinced the Stewart vantage to the entire section. Mr. delegates would receive general sup-. Warner intimated that if real merit port for the improvement of their atached to any proposal which might f Vi i\t�! _ _ff__?l*l?_ * t* I 1. . ..r.n..ninf nrl hAOfrl if shipping facilities. come before the associated board it Mr. Warner commented upon the could be assured of sympathetic con-effect of the finding of the associat-; sideration, and with all communities ed boards. In the great majority' acting jointly through the assoeiat-of cases the decision reached would j ed boards the danger was removed be arrived at in an entirely unself- of individuals throwing a monkey ish manner, and for the sole pur- wrench into problems under consid-pose of advancing the development eration and hopelessly splitting up of the country, and for this reason the several communities, would carry weight. There would, Mr. Warner was listened to with always be conflicting opinion, but' marked attention and on the con-the associated boards could be con- elusion of his- address was tendered sidered as the cruicible, in which at- a vote of thanks, tachins selfishness would separate, C. D. Orchard, district forester, and the best finding arrived at. The was given an opportunity to address decision reached by the board in the the members of the board upon the matter of_the improvement of -the subject of forest-protection and sub-Tachie river waterway was to his nutted some interesting information �ind a case in point. It was of as to the importance of-the forest immediate interest to the people in. in the life of this section of the the Vanderhoof district, but the as-! province. The Conservatives of the Fort George riding meets in convention tonight in the ballroom of the Princ George hotel for the purpose of plac ing a candidate in the field to con test the riding in the approachin general election. In the conventio Prince George will have 26 dele gates; South Fort George, 2; an Central Fort George i. . There wi apparently be no fight for the Con servative nomination this � year, th honor going to F. P. Burden, wh< contested the constituency unsuc cessfully with H. P.. Perry in the last election. During the past thre months the names of A. McB. Young Dr. ;R. W. Alward and Hiram A ]arney have been mentioned, with that of F. P. Burden, as prospective candidates, but they have all with drawn and will assist in placing Mr Burden in nomination. The nomi nation of Mr. Burden will be^move< jy A. McB. Young, and will be seconded by Hiram A. Carney, anc Dr. R. W. Alward will place himself n accord by moving the formal resolution that nominations close. A I. Sibley, president of the district Conservative Association, will preside at the convention. Despite the fact that the nomination of F. P. Burden is a foregone conclusion, considerable interest is >:ing shown in the convention by he Conservative organizations scat-;ered along the line of the Canadian National, and in the districts surrounding Prince- George. Delegates ire in the city from Loos, McBride, enny, Longworth, Dcwey, Giscome, ^ewlands, Beaverly and.Mud River. t is not certain that delegates will irrive from the Peace River section, but the proxies for one-half of the northern delegate? arc in the city. The Prince George delegation is -imposed of O. N. Haydon, A. McB. Young, C. W. Ferry, D. G. Williams, Mrs. Al. Johnson. Mrs. F. P. Burden, H. A. Carney, Mrs. Thomas Austin, Thomas Austin, Mrs. A. P. Ander-en, F. D. Taylor, Mrs. George Oliver, William Bexon, George Kennedy, Mrs. O. N. Haydon, Mrs. Harry Brawn, J. Aramovich. Levi Graham, T>. C. Gunn, Mrs. L, C. Gunn, J. D. "owning, George Porter, Dan Rad-'-ovich. R. S. C. Randall, Dr. R. W. Alward and Mrs. P. Pinkerman. The delegates from South Port George are Al Johnson and A. K. Bourchier, and the delegate from, Central is A. B. Moffat. The committee in charge of the racing programme in connection with the Dominion Day celebration 's having the track put in shape, and nutoists are requested to keep off until after the celebration. Using- the 'rack as a speedway for autos makes 7 hard track, and defeats the purpose �^f the racjnsr committee in preparing it w|thv the. disc.____._ AAt the luncheon of the* board of trade yesterday afternoon the application of "Dr. S. S. Trefry and Jacob Leith lor membership j were favorably acted upon. were posing as Austrian officers. Several other important military documents were also stolen at ^he same time from the Austrian office. war REPEAL OF SEDITION LAW HALTED IN COMMONS BY CONSERVATIVE OPPOSITION Ottawa, April 24.�The government bill, which aims to repeal the sedition laws which were passed during the emergency created by the Winipeg strike, was halted in the commons yesterday by reason of the vigorous opposition which the hill stirred up on the Conservative benches. The repeal of the laws was sought chiefly by the Manitoba Labor members of the commons. PREMIER POINCARE SCORES VICTORY IN ELECTIONS Paris, April 23.�Premier Poin-care scored a deciteiv^ victory in Sunday's elections. Out of 179 deputies whose return is assured Poin-care claims 145 as supporters. It is announced thnt a new vote will be taken on Sunday in 429 district � reason of the fact that the victorious candidates did not receive a sufficiently decisive majority. The Socialists lost heavily in the elections. RADIO COMMISSION IS vASKED TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF STATIONS Washington April 23.�From representations made to the radio commission it is apparent that in the opinion of the majority of persons interested in the manufacture of radio equipment no marked progress can be made by the commission in clearing up the air unless the number of broadcasting stations is materially reduced. , LLOYD BENNETT SERIOUSLY ILL WITH PNEUMONIA Quebec, April'2.3.�Lloyd Bennett, the airman, is reported to be dangerously ill at Murray Bay with a complication of bronchitis and pneumonia. He made the flight from Detroit to Murray Bay to welcome the members of the crew of the German plane Bremen. Quebec, April 25.�Word was re- Last November the local order of Elks, assisted by a cast and chorus of some seventy young people, presented to the people of Prince George' the first musical comedy, "The Beauty Shop," and the success of that affair is a matter of local history, three performances being given to capacity audiences and one hundred per cent, of its patrons pleased. This same organization is now enthusiastically at work on a second production of. the same calibre, and have enlisted more than seventy-five prominent singers, dancers and entertainers, and with the direction of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Lewis, who also directed the former production, they promise something "bigger, better and funnier than ever before," on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of next week! The vehicle selected is, happily, of tho same character as "The Beauty Shop," the book and music were written by the same author and composer, it owas produced in New York City by Geo. M. Cohen, with "Raymond Hitchcock as star, and enjoy^ a run of more than three yearsx The attractive title of the piece isXThe Red Widow," and^ for tuneful music, variety of dancing numbers, clever linea and general brilliance of its\$etting promises to even surpass the "former effort. The press of Victoria, Vancouver, Saskatoon and other cities where it has been shown are unanimousSn declaring it the finest thin^ of the. kind ever seen locally. The producers bring with them more than three hundred elaborate costumes andN three complete sets of scenery, making a presentation which is pleasing both to the aye and the. ear. The second and third acts are laid in Russia in the old days of the Czar, with plotters, nihilists, bombs, etc., very much in evidence, and gi\te.s an opportunity for beautiful costuming and much sensational dancing1. In fact, the entire production ia spectacular to a marked degree, and is guaranteed a sure cure for the blues. Booking of seats will open at the Prince George drug store on Saturday. CAPTAIN GEORGE WILKINS CROSSES NORTH POLE IN FLIGHT OF 21 HOURS Oslo, April 24.�Captain George Wlilkins, of Detroit, who flew across the North Polo in a flight from Point Barrow to Spitsbergen. Is reported to be ice-bound at Green Harbor and can only leave for home by airplane. Wilkins made the flight from I'oint Barrow to Dauholmon, northern Spitzbergen, in twenty-one hours; for a total distance of 2200 miles. He made his landing six days ago. MAY DAY FESTIVAL WILL BE HELD UNDER COVER ON MONDAY, JUNE 4th The members of the women's hospital auxiliary have decided to hold their annual May Day festival in the Ritts-Kifer Hall on the after n< 'm of Monday, June 4th, when the crowning pf the .May Queen will be attended with Maypole dancing. During the aftemooir the ladi<"; will conduct a bazaar and tea, to be Followed in the. evening with the an- coived here today of the death of n:sal rose ball. An admission charge Lloyd Bennett. TORONTO GIVES EDMONTON GIRL GRADS STIFF GAME of ten rents will be made in the afternoon in the ease of adults, but children will' he admitted Tree. An announcement appears in another | column.-'" .. I QUAKE; 125,000 FAMILIES RENDERED HOMELESS Edmonton, April 24�The Toronto basketball players pave the Edmon-^j BULGARIA SHAKEN BY ;on girl grads one of the most strenuous games in their experience". The first game on Saturday, night was only taken by the Edmonton players with a margin'"of two points in a 29-27 score. In the second game on Monday evening the Edmonton girls did better^ winning with a 33-23 score. WEATHER REPORT R.. B. Carter local mete.rological agent reports the following m%xj-nvnr1! and minimum temperature for.the week ending Tuesday April 24: Sofia, April 23.�More than V2! 000 families in - southeastern Bi garia have been rendered home'.' by the most severe earthquake the country's experience, nient and volunteer asror making every effort tn lief to the sufferers. The earl hquake ffect as a n is blam- Wednesday ....................45 24 Thursday ........................45 20 Friday .....i...;.Z7:..............52 35 Saturday........................56 34 Sunday ............................61 30 Miond^v .'...........i.............70.5 28.5 Tuesday _........................63 34- may have its political * lnrge part of the populate -ins: the government for ;: :ter holding it to be a punish upon the country for the- meetii its 'parliament on Good Friday. men NOTICE A Basket Social will be: held in Pine View Hall Friday, May 4th. Ladies bring your baskets. Good music will be supplied.