GEORGE VOL. Tl NO- PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1928. Five Cents- High Record Is Set In Municipal' lax Collections infc on June 30th Represent 60 BOCp!![c?nt of Total Levy Under The Assessment Act Receipts On Account of Tax Arrears ed lection Are Also In Excess of Those For Previous Year -he City of Prince George experienc-"the highest percentage of tax col-" in its history this year. City rollector derihue reported to the city rmmcil on Monday evening that as ^ June 30th th'eve had been collected i,W;>-count of current taxes the sun: o--. $37,858.76, as against a coVU.'tion of $30 421 28 for the previous year. An interesting feature of the collections for the current year is that they represent approximately 60 per cent of the total tax levy as against a. percentage of 48 per cent for Jur.e 30th, 1921 Under the heading of arrea-i me collections az at June 30th amount to $10,939.84 as against an arrears collection ai the same time last vear of $8,830.52. Collections made on account of interest amounted to $354.13 as against $343,32 for the same period in 1927. Under the three headings the collections at the 'city hall aggregated $49,152.73. Mayor Patterson expressed himself as highly pleased with the percentage if collections .made so far this year.. If the percentage of collections is maintained throughout the rest of the! veal' ijie council will get by nicely al- ICE BREAKER KRASSIN IS WITHIN SHORT DISTANCE OF ITALIA'S SURVIVORS Virgo Bay, June 10.�A radio mes-age was picked up today which is believed to have come from the ice breaker Krassln. It states the ship was within 2 1-2 miles from the ice camp of the survivors of the Italia. The message stated one of the party appeared to be mentally deranged and that others in the camp gave indications of insanity. Kingsbay, June lO.^Search has been! abandoned for the three men left in the camp when General Nobile was! tire Insurance Expert Fixing The Local Rate F. F. Dowling Makes Survey of The City And Discusses Matter With City Council ITALIAN AIRMEN COMPLETE In* r^ long flight from rome rnnce George Ball TO PERNAMBUCO, BRAZIL rescued, as well as for the three men j C. Board of Fire Underwriters, spent who started out some days ago to ef- i two days in the city this week in siz-fect their rescue. It is believed all inS UP Prince George as a fire risk, six are dead. i and following his examination attend- St. Malo, July 10.�Dr. Jean Char- j ed at the city council meeting on Mon-cot, famous Arctic explorer, sailed j �-ay evening and discussed matters Buenos Aires, July 6.�Safe over the South American mainland after breaking all long-distance flight records, Major Arturo Ferrarin and Major Carlo Del Prete of the Italian Royal Air Force passed over Natal, Brazil, at 2 p.m. yesterday and continued southward toward Pernambuco, their immediate objective. They are likely to continue on to Rio Janeiro, or even to Buenos Aires after a halt here. The Italians had estimated that a F. Dowling,' engineer for the B. j direct flight from Rome to Pernam- Masonry Construction in Business Area The Big Factor In Securing Lower Rates Jossers Continue Winning Strpak Playing Very Good Ball Behind H. Taft City Team Wallops Giscome By Score of 16 to 6. Promise of Game In Near Future With Side. Bet of Possibly One Hundred. Dollars from here in effort to find. Lieutenant Guildald. his polar ship in an I wifch the members of the board. In Roald Amundsen and j his talk with the aldermen he stressed the advantages of a fire zone to embrace the business section of the city, in which restrictions would prohibit the building of other than ma-sonary structures. Action along this line had been taken by the cities of j Trail, Fernie, Kelowna, Nelson and H. G. Perry Makes Winning Fight On buco w them 4363 buco w them 4363 mUes Qn kept up the longest non-stop flight ever made j df>' at Htne Kamloops and had resulted in a mark- IVUlili/Uy UITIC ed reduction in the fire risk and a -------- ; lessening of the insurance rate. Candidate Received Enthusiastic Re- Mr- Dowling informed the members ception From The Electors of McBride of the city that the fixing of the insurance rate was based entirely upon engineering considerations. All the ---------- cities were treated alike. The board Liberals Predict Solid Block on North- of fire underwriters have adopted a schedule which is in force throughout I Canada and the United States. To ! such cities as adopted the schedule, and acted upon the recommendations ern Constituencies In Next Legislature 1 ed by a large number of fans. It was by far the most thrilling game played this season, and had the grounds been in better shape there is no doubt but that the score would have been more even. The Giscome boys started in well, j . i'\ securing two runs in their half of the Final, first inning, while the Prince George crew was held scoreless. After this Bisley, July 11.�Six Canadians have! inning the City team played errorless qualified for the final for the St. \ fall and gradually kept piling up the George vase. They are Lieut. Bishop, j score. Al Kitchener of the Prince Ottawa; Lieut. Desmond Burke, Ot- George team pulled, off two home tawa; Srgt. H. Burton, Victoria; Pte.! runs while A. B. Taft also secured R. R. Davies, Vancouver; Srgt. C. W. j c'ne. In the fifth inning the fans got Foam, Montreal; and Major Richardson, Vancouver. Sergeant J. H. Regan, of Victoria, a real thrill at the expense of the Giscome team when a squeeze play netted the Prince boys three extra came to the front in the City of Loii- \ runs, which kept the Giscome players don competition, scoring 44 out of a , "P in the air for a short time, possible 50 in ten shots at 1*000 yards.' It was not until the ninth inning �;.�!! making ""heavy "expend!- ! H- G- Perry- Liberal candidate in of" the "board Tt*Vas^prepared"to"goTll I " The Daily Mail cup has been won that Giscome came back to life and j the Fort George riding has been con- tne way with tnem in the securmg of j by Armourer Srgt. G. R. King, fol- started a last rally, being successful high percentage of collections ducting a whirwmd campaign this better rates for insurance. In cases I week alon^ the Canadian National j h due to two causes. of collections better rates for insurance. In Property own- I week alon^ the Canadian National jn which lonp frame r�mpes have railway east of this city By doubling tive jc more satisfied than ever as to "Wway east of thls clty- BX d��bling built up in the business section there value of their holdings, and the back over the railwav- meetings have could be n0 escape from high insur. : rim: tax sales have purged the been held at Shere- Duster. Croydon. ance rates Insurance companies pre- ismeht rolls of a lot of the prop- ' McBride, Snowshoe, Sinclair, Penny. fprrod to carry insurance upon mason. which was carried for specula- \ A!e.za Lake. and Newla,*ldsi _whL�? i-lrf rv buildings at a low rate, rather than purposes. GREAT LOSS OF LIFE ' ATTENDS FOUNDERING OF TRANSPORT ANGAMOUS i lowing a shoot-off with eight other in getting over four runs, and for a members of the home forces. : time it looked as though they were ___^_ , going to catch up ;to Prince George, BRITISH TEAM WINS THE ! but the rally was ended by Earl Lewis KALOPORE CUP AT BISLEY \ when he made a nice single handed ___ ! catch of Muirhead's hard drive to London, July 10.�The team repre- i second base. The score ended in fa- I addressed by the candidate and John im(7n~"frame "ranges at"a higher rate j senting the British Isles were the win-'! vor of Prince George 16-6. I Mclnnis. of this city. While the can- The aim of the companies ^ to get | ners of the Kalopore Cup at Bisley , After the game was over so enthus-didate was covering this portion of away from high-rate insurance as they i today. The Canadian team which won ed were the players and fans that his riding other local speakers includ- ; appreciated the higher the rate the I the CUP for three years in succession many offers were put forward for the ing Frank Clark and J. O. Wilson gave greater the fire hazard. * i were second in the shooting today. | teams to meet again and a side bet attention, to all points which could, Mr Dowling said he would prepare q h rM,ii� r,,iv ^n T�n him ' be reached from Prince George by Santiago, Chile, July lO.-Two nun- |; ^ j dred and ninety-one persons are be-lived to have lost their lives in the foundering of the Chilean �transport Arigamous which went dtjtfn off shtfre a short distance from here on Friday ^ report upon ^ cQpy Qf local conditions and w(mW be forwarded ^ j ^^ cQpy Qf u w(mW be forwarded The Liberal campaign committee to the city council. As he made a expresses itself as greatly pleased with report in 1922 the aldermen are doubt-the reception-.of. the party .speakers j less prepared for its general jecam^ at all points. The meeting at Me-, mendatipns, the chief features being ntir^mnLZla ufZ i^/VXZu ' Bride was the largest. Tliis_point has regulatiohs to enforce masonry build-night. The Angamous had been coal- Per stronghoid and in^s in the business section, and an mginthe Gulf of Arauco and seam- t&h^andidate is showing greater aifxiliary water supply with a seCond ed to sea to escape ashjn which | than he did in his &nd ^ tQ the pumping came up. At sea an even worse storm J ;revious campaigns. There are station. These are admittedly desir-was encountered. Ihe steamer was two p diyisions &iong ^ n ^ ^ ^^ hro.wn agalnst^a rear of rocks and one �> P algn com- in 1922 the cost was considered pro- thc-impact disabled the rudder ^�-; ^/concede Mr. Perry may get the hibitive at the time. dered helpless the vessel was later ! ^^ fc taking the , discussion with Mr. ^ from Prince George east; Dowling gon fire hazards Mayor Pat- are counting upon a big terson ;oiced the views of the council. hrown.upon a reef seven mi.es oJf Lebu. Tour men were cast ashore on h bcacfr naked and so far as known they are the only survivors of tbe 295 persons aboard the vessel. Captain ismael Suarez is said to have commit-ed suicide as he vessel was bcatlnj? the rocks within sight of: in tne Ferry majority. Tnere was a desire to tighten up the BRITISH BOYS AND GIRLS y u f paft ln the blg meet_ cA^^ CANADIAN TOUR London. July"TL~iifty young am- ' ing in. the f bassadprs of the empire, representative be addressed of the boys and girls of the empire, minister of lands. rprPived have been selected to make a tour' Inspiring reports h�ve been receded of Canada in August under the em- by the local Liberal .committee^ from . Perry is scheduled to ad- � building regulations in the business three meetings. He will speak area> but consideration had to be e electors of Willow River at given to local conditions, and in the and will move opinion- the time had not arrived to Idress the elec-. make rigid regulations which would tors at that point at 7.30 in the even- , enforce the erection of masonry building. At the close of the Giscome ings A number of the buildings which meeting Mr. Perry will motor to this had gone up in the business section Hon. T. D. Pattullo. pire scholarship plan. BRITISH CRUISER DAUNTLESS FLOATED OFF THE ROCKS IN~ HALIFAX HARBOR Manson. in Omineca. can be checked_ j off as winners, and with the return Halifax. July ll.-The British light! of Mr. Perry in Fort George the gov-cruiser Dauntless which went ashore eminent will have the backing of a on Tib tli t orted it ess which went ashore eminent on Tribune rock a week ago has been solid north. In Atlin it is reported .it, hauled off by British naval vessels and Is only a question of the size oi tne | a locl y sh naval vessels a local wrecking company. It is lieved will The the damage to the Dauntlesst candidate. were admittedly of very objectionable construction, especially in the matter of beaverboard partitions. The city council had progressed so far that it would not permit of further construction of like nature, and by insisting upon lath and plaster work it was securing a better class of building and improving the fire risk. To insist upon masonry construction at the present time would doubtless prevent building, despite the fact that it could be shown masonry construction would make for a better investment. One of the factors which influenced the council on -,----- this issue was the greater difficulty H. F. Kergin. the Liberal, in securing building loans in a city like Prince George. Loans were not the three constituencies between Fort George and the const. Hon. T. D. Pattullo . in Prince Rupert, H. C. Wrinch, in Skeena. and Hon. A. M. of fifty to one hundred dollars be the SIR RONALD WATERHOUSE \ Prize for the winners. The Eagles' MIXED WITH DIVORCE SUIT i lodge baseball team of Gifcome also _______ � offered to play in Prince George on London, July 11.�The name of Sir j Julj 22nd, and it is more than iA�Sy Ronald .Waterhquse, former private! this will be accepted. secretary to several British premiers,! � ��"=�;����=--� *----- was introduced yesterday into Sir Max FRANK ROSE, LABOR LEADER, Bonns counter divorce suit. DIED IN LONDON ON TUESDAY CONSERVATIVES THREATEN TO BOLT IF PROTECTION DENIED STEEL INDUSTRY London, July 10.�Frank Rose, Labor member in the house of commons for Aberdeen North since 1919, died here today at the age of 71 years. He was London, July 11.�The protectionist widely known as a statistician and in- wing of the Conservative party threat- dustrial and labor authority, en to bolt and withdraw their support from the government unless attention is given to their demands for protection for the steel industry. F. J. JOHNSON SINGED IN FIRE AT WOOD YARD The fire department received a call about 12.30 this afternoon to F. J. REPORT LOEWENSTEIN ARRANGED DISAPPEARANCE FROM HIS AIRl'LANE London, July 11.�There is a dramatic story going around London financial circles today connected with the mystery of Loewenstein's disappearance. The story, which must be taken Johnson's wood yard at the corner of with every reservation, declares that Dominion street and Sixth avenue Loewenstein did, as reported, enter vhe-e a gas engine UriiteH a que.ntitv his airplane and leave Croydon air-of refuse had accumulated around it. drome. The pilot and other occupants Mr. Johnson attempted to smother of the machine are ready to. sign a the flames with sacking and had his sworn statement to this effect. How-hair singed and was slightly burned ever, while over the Channel, accordr about the face. ' Aside from damage ing to the story, midway between Eng- land and France, the plane flew a few feet above the sea and its owner jumped out, was picked up by a yacht which he hired for the purpose, and is believed to be proceeding to America. It was pointed out that if the pilot slowed down and circled the sea July 11.�Postmaster- to permit Capt. Loewenstein to jump. to belting the fire occasioned little loss. CONTRACT AWARDED FOR AIR MAIL SERVICE BETWEEN MONTREAL AND NEW YORK Washington, extensive. H. G. Perrv will his campaien j oniy difficult to obtain but the inter- Tht F G j y wit h a big rally In the Strand Theatre , est rate was so high that it destroyed Canadian National Social and on Tuesday evening, the night before Athletic Association has made ar- ; the election, rangements to give a dance in the1 ^itts-Kifer hall on the evening of '""day, July 27th, for the entertainment of a large excursion party which u st�P �ver in Prince George on that evening. It nas alsQ be(m arranged to have the local band give a concert WEATHER REPORT For Week Ending July 17 Unsettled cool weather is indicated much of the advantage in masonry construction as exemplified in other places nearer to the money centers of the province. Mayor Patterson said the members of the council were all in favor of masonry construction in the business area, but did not consider .Today and j the timeTasTipe to enforce building C I tii f hi t General New has awarded the con- the wind pressure on the door would tract for the carrying of the air mail have been lessened considerably, and between New York and Montreal to the door could have been opened the Colonial Airways Company, of easily. . New York. THREE QUEBEC BOYS KILLED ON FARM BY A BOLT OF LIGHTNING CANADA'S GIRL ATHLETES , SAIL FOR EUROPE Sherbrooke. July 11.�Three Toronto, July 10.�The six Canadian girls who will compete in the Olympic boys. \ games left for Europe today. Eth^l on the same evening. l\IiOU CREEK SCHOOL REPORT ine following were the promotions l9. the .several grades: fcrade 7�Emma Wilson. r9\l 6~M.argaret Newcomb. Alma a'son and John Wilson. Plf ,',ra 4�Myrtle Gabrielson and lf ,, yrtle orence Newcomb. rade 3 � Senior* tomorrow will probably be subject to fresh winds. The barometer is still low and unsettled. Wednesday ................................71 55 Thursday '.'...................................73 53 Friday ........................................72.5 49 Sunday.......................................71 48 Monday ......................................74 45 Tuesday ......................................71 44 ade 3 � Senior*� Lillian Pearson. Cth restrictions of this nature. The votes of the electors in the j ii ill b At the request of O. G. Boyce the city has commenced filling- in the water tank at the intersection of George street and Fifth avenue which was used as a water supply for fire fighting before the present tank was installed on Connaught Hill. Mr. Boyce is proceeding with the erection of a garage building at this corner. Prince George polling division will be j 'Senior)�Robert Gabriel-! recorded in the building at the corner rade 2~Catherine Newcomb. Son H j of Quebec street and Fourth avenue son ''^-Proficiency, Emma Wil- j on Wednesday. The poll will open at gam � �ty and Punctuality, Mar- [ 8 o'clock in the morning and remain ? n Newcomh. ^�.. . - .- !Open until 8 o'clock in the evening. There will be seven divisions of the Rcates es "!b: John cather- writing certi- Emma Wilson; junior b I Larson and Prince George with an additional division for the recording of the absentee votes. LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL SUPPORTS BYNG OF VIMY London, July 11.�The London county council yesterday voted down on a divison of 66 to 41 a resolution expressing regret over the appointment sons of Onanimo Boulin, residing near Catherwood, formerly of Saskatdbn, here, � were killed yesterday on their , was one of the number, father's farm when they were struck by a bolt of lightning. BROME COUNTY DECIDES TO REJECT SCOTT ACT Sherbrooke, July 11.�Brome county recognized for many years as the | SOVIET GOVERNMENT EXACTS DEATH PENALTY FOR SABOTAGE IN COAL MINES Moscow, July 11.�Five of the eleven men sentenced to death for sabotage stronghold of temperance sentiment in in the Dometz coal fields were exe-this province, yesterday rejected the! cuted yesterday. The other six re-Scott Act, the pioneer prohibition ceived commutation of sentence to life measure, by a majority of 2.740 votes, imprisonment. ALBERTA HOUSEHOLD SHOT TO DEATH BY ASSASSIN Manville, Alberta, July 10.�Mrs. Henry Boser and her four-year-old CANADA WILL STUDY TARIFF AND CUSTOMS REGULATIONS OF IRISH FREE STATE Ottawa, July 11.�Minister of Fin- son, "a farm hand named Gabriel | ance Robb has taken his departure Grumley and another employee known only as Bill, were shot to death last night in the Boser farm house some of Lord Byng, of Vimy, as metropoli- miles north of this place. No details for the Irish Free State where he will make a study of its tariff and customs regulations with a view to increasing trade between the Free State tan police commissioner. of jthe tragedy have been received here, and the Dominion.