PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN TI*UR*DAY, JANUARY 31, 1929. Five Cents. Power Company to Submit Offer for City Plan ,, D;a) is Made it will Probaly Resu in. Harnessing Power in Willow River Belief KNist< thaTl^chase Offer Wl j-orrsluulow Big Development in the District. H E Pauson. ol Montreal, spent i�mie 01 days in the city last weel ?K connected with the big powe "1-niMv whicti is making an efiort t Snminate the power situation in Can �h, A few weeks ago thLs compan Scared control of 51 per cent of th S of the B. C. Electric, and late Sased outright the municipal pow Stem of the city of Prince Ruperi The''object of Mr. Pauson's visit t prince George was the municipal ught ine and power plant, and he announc ed his company will shortly submit ai oner for Its purchase. Mr Pauson had an interview witJ Mavor Patterson and Alderman Mof fat" chairman of the finance commit tee! The visitor was not ready to g< into details, but he intimated an in wntion of submitting a purchase of �or and was assured that careful attention would be given to any o i-hlch might be received by the city Business men who had an opportunity to discuss matters with Mr. Pausor attach a great deal of importance lo his visit and to his interest in tht municipal power plant. The visito; vras very candid in his statement thai his company was not interested in th< existing power plant of the city, which uses fuel oil to generate its power, as no such system can hope to product power as "cheaply as a hydro-electric development. But he made it verj clear his company is considerably interested in securing a charter to dc business in the city, which would follow in the event of a purchase of the city plant being arranged. The question of price was not discussed but it may be assumed it will be fully as good as that submitted by the Edmonton engineers last year, which amounted to an offer of approximately $70,000. It was the general opinion the offer from Edmonton was trade in the belief that. an. .early start was to be made in the harnessing of the waters of the Nechako river, as a part of the undertaking of the Praser Timber Syndicate's projected pulp and paper mill. This offer held Little interest for the municipal council in that it did not contemplate more than a change in the ownership of the municipal plant, and the suggested reduction in the rates was not sufficiently radical to make the sale an object. Had this sale gone through the purchasers of the city plant would have been in a ]x)sition to reap the greatest benefit in any opportunity which mgiht present itself for the purchasing of cheaper power than could '��; produiiced in a fuel oil plant. The purchase offer which will come from the company represented by Mr. Pauson win differ from the Edmonton one in that it will obligate the purchaser to proceed with an-immediate development of a hydro-electric improvement. For such business as is at present offering in Prince George Mr, Pauson says his principals would not be interested in it. If a sale Is nude it win be after assurances have win received that the waters of Willow River will, be available for, the purposes of the purchasing company. A reserve was placed upon the waters oi Willow River by the government �st year, [n the interest of the city of miice George, in the expectation that w municipality would shortly be in w field for ;i hydro-electric development, but this would not stand in the *aj n the city came to terms for a �^ oi the municipal plant. It has ,'n rs���oti?d that Willow River is r3 ol a development which would wroauce from 5000 to 6000 h. p. but jer? ls sald lo be somc queslion M livp?T, er this l^ver could be de-t-,1" �l!nn� every month in the year. ^!�j Pevelopment of the Willow Hiv-whlp'n � '*' an exPens*ve proceeding brvr "'^!'r nOt b� warranted D>' the � ";';'v> a: Present offering. The ad-har �'p.,whlch Mr. Pauson's company cost p \ ll can flnaiice the first exer'ri^" � n cheap Power, and can �ns n,,-! hlcncos which vdn brinS tncii -5� the Prince Georse dis-rcnclorpri � 1Knvcr when !t has teen ch^ of',favaU:'ble' His promised pur-PattWr, be awaited by Mayor dtv con � ,aucl lhe members of the dpal S- xnth "Merest. The muni-the recent *" s bcen improved by f^uilcCn "xr�'"ndit�re of $18,000 in the and tbp iiff \ distribution system r�'L-hour f rocUlcUon of the twenty-eral meftS S< rhe attitude of sev-^Hbbeth < the city co"1101! is a s?tisfactnV- the plant is for sale if boLJJiere i* ^ � can" be secured : -:;'.-,'�,';,,no; lhe urgency in con-. iw the sale -which existed ;� ���:�.� �� .",>'� IiOr is ifc expected to : . ' l ^ain until increased :�;:,.., ���� the city to face the :r- the � ' iUlChtional engine power JCiPal station. , VANDERHOOF IXKCTS BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS BV ACCLIMATION ON MONDA1 Quesnel, Jan. 23�The electors ol Vanderhoof today elected their board of commissioners by acclamation, Messrs. R. G. Matthews, George Ogstor and Roy M. Taylor being the men thus; honored. Messrs. Matthews and Og-sron were up for re-election and Roy M. Taylor replaces E. B. Smith who was on the- board last year but did not offer for re-election. The electors will go to the poll on Thursday to decide by plebiscite whether or not they shall have a government liquor store opened in the village. -------------o------------ Fliers Patterson and Clyde Wann Alive and Well Crew of Northern Light Repudiate Story of Crash in the North with Fata] Result. Have Covered 2100 Miles Since Reaching Whitehorse and Report Business as Good Friends of the Flyers, John M. Patterson and Clyde Wann, who visited Prince George in September last while on their way to Whitehorse, in their plane Northern Light, will be pleased to leam there was no truth in the story which was circulated several weeks ago to the effect that thev had ir.et with a mishap and had been killed Peter Bauch has just received a let-ier from John MV Patterson, dated at Whitehorsi;, January 5th. which will i;e of interest to the' many friends of j :h'e fliers in Prince George and vicin-i Ity. He says: You may consider thus a message from the dead so I sincerely hope that it does'nt become scorched before you receive it. '"There has been several reports of rumors reach us of accidents to our machine and of the death of either Clyde or myself .or both. We have been unabk: to find the source of any of them but undoubtedly they have been spread far and wide. '�Clyde and I are both enjoying the best of health and the good ship Nor-hcrn Light has flown with me ut-ther helni some twenty one hundred miles 3ince arriving in Whitehonsc Dec. 11, Jl>2fl. completing- her third seven hundred mile trip to Mayo, Keno and Dnwson today. "I might suggest that you tell, any-:no who is peddling the gossip that the cntroller of Civil Aviation at Ottawa vill be glad to verify the truth or un-'. :uth of any accident to a pilot, pas-si nger or aircraft, and before alarming '�.he many friends that we hope we have made on this trip it might be ad-vis'able for them to verify all rumors. "We appreciate your interest and hope you will pass on the good word thai we are operating our mail rims into the Yukon, and are having the best of success, and to date have hnd .\o trouble" VAN AM) WOMAN KILLED IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT ON Tilt DEWDNKY ROAD New Westminster. .Ian. 28�A man believed to have been Dan M. Falladay. of Vancouver, and nn unidentified young women, were killed in an automobile accident on the Dewdney road ome time on Friday night when their cai left the highway and turned up- idn down in a deep ditch. The acci-.Icnt was discovered by acouple of boys �aho were passing the point when.1 it occurred on a truck. They saw the -.vheels of the car protruding from; the water in the ditch and went to investigate. CONGREGATION OF ST. PATRICKS CATHEDRAL DISMISSED BY FIRE Ottawa. Jan. 28� While 1000 persons were attending 10 o'clock mass in St. Patrick's cathedral yesterday morning clouds of smoke tilled the church and an alarm of fire was sounded. The ri-ienibers of the congregation filed out ->f the building ir. mi orderly manner irid no one was injured. It was ascertained later that the fire had its origin "n the rectory of the church which was damaged to the extent of $3,000. -�- � -� -O"-------------"* FRANK BRISBANE KILLED WHEN TRUCK SKIDDED IN-FRONT OF RAILWAY TRAIN Pcterboro, Jan. 28�Frank Brisbane "?s instantly killed at Grafton on Sat-�u-day when a truck which he was driv-iv skidded:in front of an approaching . vr.ilway train. W. C. Cooper, who was : '�i'h Brisbane on the truck, was ser- , lously injured. TORONTO GIRL SETS : RECORD I OF HALF-MILE SKATING CONTEST Tront-o. Jan. 28�Leila 'Brooks Pot-' "i. "of this city, set a new record at *Ir:mpden Park on Saturday for the ����'f-inil- skating; coTeruig the dis-� tar.ee in one minute. 27 and one fifth Ki seconds. ' ! CARD OF THANKS The Northern British Coluin-bii Lumbermen's Association wishes to thank the ladies, also the members of the Prince George board of trade, and e\-erybody who so kindly assisted in helping entertain and make a pleasant evening for the members of the Western Retail Lumbermen Association at the Legion building on the evening of the 23rd, on their excursion to this district. WALLACE N. JAECK, Vice-president, Northern Alberta and British Columbia Lumbermen's Association. NOTICE OF MEETING The annual meeting of the Foi George Conservative Association fo the election of officers and member of the executive will be held in th I.O.O.F. Hall on Thursday, Januar 31si. 1929 at the hour of S p.m. T. M. WATSON, District Secretary GEORGE C. HOLT DIED IN VANDERHOOF MONDAY AS RESULT OF WAR WOUND* Vanderhoof, Jan. 29--Geor�t; C. Holt tlit: well known Vanderhoof r.ien-hant died here yesterday morning following an illness of one month's duration Ho was very badly wounded while seiving overseas, necessating som? critical operations aoout ton years a'-ro He was an old-timer in the district coming in during construction anc working for various contractors along the railway. He was born in Canada, but went to Sweden at an early age where his father acted as British con-su! at a number of places. Following construction the deceased homesteaded in the Chilco district, but volunteered early in the war, The war over he returned to Chilco. and in 192(3 bought out the business formerly conducted by Or:eil Hartley. He was about :J9 years old and leaves a widow and two young daughters. -------------o------------- MOVEMENT GROWING FOR RETURN OF FORMER KAISER WILLIAM TO GERMAN* Berlin. Jan. 28�The movement which has been started by General Ludendorf. for the return of .-former kaiser William to OcMhtiy. "is gaining momemtum. Ludendorf, who was Hindenburg's right-hand man in die war says it is a disgrace to Germany that the former kaiser should be forced to continue as an exile in Holland. The Hamburg branch of the nationalist party has adopted a resolution de-rr.anding the government to permit toe return of the kaiser. MRS. SARAH L. NORTHCOTT ARRIVED IN COURT TO TESTIFY FOR SON Riverside. .Jim 29�Mrs. Sarah Xorthcott, who is .serving a life ;-en-cp.ee for her part in the murder of the :oy Collins on the chicken ranch here. Wived iti court, to testify on behalf of her son Gordon S. Northcott who is be-ini-. tried for the Collhi.s murder and that of three other boys. No sigh of recognition p;i.ss!~d betv/eeh lhe mother and son. ��-------------o------------------ SOVIET CONTINUES TO ROUND UP SUPPORTERS OF LEON TROSKY London. Jan. 28�Despatches to the Exchange Telegraph .state that the Soviet authorities arc continuing' to V05?nd up all sympathizers with Loon Tvotskv in the vicinity of Moscow, and fclmt the arrests now total more than 400 persons. Disaffection with the government is said to be on the in-crcase and officials fear it will center on Trotsky as leader. Wr.LSII FAMILY HEADING FOR CANADA CONSISTS OF SEVENTEEN MEMBER. London. Jan. 28�Immigration official ; report the bookitm of the Welsh family of Morgan Walters which will le,-;ve for Canada shortly under the family settlement plan The Walters family establishes a record in that in addition to the fathei and mother there arc fifteen children. _-----------0------------- PTJLP AND PAPER MAKERS MUST WORK SALVATION WITHOUT GOVT. AID Montreal. Jan. 28�Hope that the federal government might come to the assistance of the Canadian pulp and paper manufacturers has been aband-ed. Government representatives irom four of the provinces have been sounded and were unanimous in the opinion that the manufacturers must work out their own salvation without government assistance. ---------.-----o__---------1� ERICKSON ELECTORS DECIDE-AGAINST OPENING* BEER PARLORS IN ^VILLAGE . Oreston. Jan. 28�By a vote of 40 to 13 the electors of the town of Erickson aocided today against xhe opening of a ;>eer parlor in their community. j OPPOSITION DEVELOPS j AGAINST MOVING PICTURE BILL OF ATTORNEY-GENERAI Victoria, Ja n.28�'The bill introducec by Hon. R. H. Pooley, attorney-general which aims to create a censorship ovei moving picture advertising, Ls likely tx have a rough ride in the legislature The opposition members will make � fight against the measure and the: will be assisted by a number of private members of the Conservative partj w'no have expressed the opinion the legislation is highly dangerous, in that it threatens to interfere with the liberty of the press. -------------o------------- I Severe Weather j Caused Deficit in Hockey Series .1 _____ i Boys from Jasper Put up the Best Ex-� hibition of the Game Seen Here this Season. I Visitors Lost Opening- Game to Han-, sard but Divide;! Contests with ' the Mixed Teams. I _____ The Junior athletic association were unlucky in there venture of bringing the Jasper hockey team to the city for a series of games with the Hansard and local teams. The Jasper boys are I a fast moving lot of boys and put up a good game of hockey, but the weather was unfavorable; and with the temperature a long way below zero mark over the entire series it was impossible to secure a gate which would meet the expenses. It was not a case in which the officers of the association could blame the fans for failure to support the game, as it was too much to expect them to turn out and face the north wind in an open rink. That so many did brave the weather is all to the credit of the fans. The opening game of the series was between Jasper and the boys from Hansard and was taken by Hansard with a 4-3 score. The Jasper team was made up of Cliff Johnson in the net, Joe Doyle and T. McGuire on defence. J. Hargreaves at center. W. Wat-kins right wing and H. Johnson left wing, with Driscoll. Mallison and Bal-lash as subs. Hansard played Al. Kitchener in the net. with Terry Johnson and W. Thompson on defence. Jack Johnson at center. Hal Rogers right wing, and Walter Nehring left wing, and with Crossby Taylor and George Daniels a.s subs Of the four Hansard goals Jack Johnson netted three, and Crossby Taylor on-1. The game was refcreed by C. C. i Tern an. In the game on Sunday afternoon Jasper was pitted against a picked team from the Hansard and Prince George players. Following their defeat on Saturday it was not thought Jasper would have a chance, but they staged a fast game with good combina-', tioh and accurate shooting and came out on the long end of an P.-5 score. During the progress of the game they worked a complete change of their forwnrd line, changing Hargreaves, Wnlkins and H. Johnson for Driscoll, Mellison and Ballash to advantaged The first part of the pome was a very even contest, but in the latter part the Jasper forwards sifted through their , opponents defence almost at will, and their accurate shpbtint? did the rest. The mixed team was made up of Kitchener and Wilson Muirhead relieving each other at the net. Terry! Johnson, W. Thompson and C. Taylor on defence. R. Kerr at center. Hal . Rogers and Bud Graham alternating a t right ring, and Dick Corless and , Howard Harper alternating at left' wing. Dr. C. Ewert and Gordon Wood relieved each other as referee. The third game of the series w-us plpyed Monday evening and resulted in j a win for Prince George with a G-4 ' score, but the '.ocalr. hnd the assistance of the members of the Hansard team throughout! while Jasper was weakened j by the absence of Hargreaves from its lhio-up. The chief change in the'. Prince George line-up from Sunday's' lamp was the appearance of C. C. I Ternan. on the defence, and of Tom and Dick Corless. Ternen seem- i ed to steady the boys well and thev j put up-some very good hockev, The. j game was featured with effective' ba^k-checking oil the part of Prince � George. ?nd with Hargreaves out of J tlv; picture the�Jasper combination j wr; not so effective as on Sunday. During the same Terry Johnson wa,s | cnJlsd UDon to relieve T. Corless on de- i r.:-xo, Walter Nehring and Nestor; Twnvsky relieved Bud Graham and i Howard Harper relieved R. Kerr. j The Jasper team used Messrs. Bal- j dash.Mallison and Swift as relief play- j ers. I The deficit in connection with the three matches is said to be around S85 and some way will require to be found to make the account balance. ---------i--------o------------------ ~ Vancouver, Jan. 28�Word has been received here of a fire at Harrison Hot Springs which destroyed the Maple Leaf .Inn. operated by J. A. Pidsreon. ; as well as four cottages. A defective | rhimnrv in one of the cottages caused the blaze. ' jJohn Pavkoveckx ! Ended His Life With a Razor �\ _________ j Domestic Trouble with Wife in Europe | Believed to Have Prompted Him to Suicide. I Coroner H. B. Guest Holds Enquiry and Decides Holding an Inquest Unnecessary. i John Pavkoveck, a native of Cheko-l Slavbnia, ended his life between 6:30 and 7:30 on Monday night by cutting I his throat with a razor, in an outhouse } in the vicinity of the C. P. R. rooms. j The body was found shortly before 8 j o'clock by Anton Gregovith. one of a j number of men with whom Pavkoveck : had been living with in a shack in i that neighborhood. Pavkoveck was a man of thirty j years and had been in the city one � week, coming it is said from Long-worth. He is reported by the men with j whom he spent the week in the shack to have been morose, and on Saturday \ busied himself in burning a number of letters. Constable Dickson and Howe were called to the scene and took charge of i the body. In a search of the papers of : the deceased some letters were found 1 including one evidently from a wife residing in Europe. In this the woman upbraided the man for his failure to bring her to Canada and suggested that he had probably found some one to take her place. This is believed to have been the cause which led Pavkoveck to take his life. The police also found $12, which apparently represented the assets of the deceased. Coroner Harry B. Guest held an en-vuiry and. examined the men who had been living with Pavkoveck. following which he decided it was a case of suicide and that an inquest was not necessary. --------------o-----------1� MINING EXCHANGE BOARD TO INVESTIGATE SLUMP IN JACKSON-MANION STOCK. I Toronto, Jan. 28�The standard min- � ing exchange board has decided to call a special meeting to consider a j report on the slump In the stock of the ' Jackson-Manion mine. The gains and i losses were reported to be about evenly distributed in the margin trading on the Jackson-Manion stock following the overnight drop on Friday from 24 to 5 and the later recovery made in the stock to 15. Toronto, Jan. 29�D. M. Thompson, manager, and H. E. Harcourt, managing director, of the Jackson-Manion mine were placed under arrest today under cliarges of fraud at the instance of the attorney-general's department. AIRMAIL SERVICE WITH THE MARITIME PROVINCES WAS STARTED MONDAY St. John, N. B., Jan 28�The airmail service between Ontario and Quebec centers with the Maritime provinces was inaugurated today when Dan McLean arrived here with 100 ixmnds of mail matter, approximately 1200 letters. McLean made the trip from Ottawa without mishap, landing here at 1:41 o'clock this afternoon. --------------o------------- WESTERN RETAIL LUMBERMEN OPEN FOUR-BAYS MEETING AT VANCOUVER HOTEL Vancouver. Jan. 28�The convention of the Western Retail Lumbermen's association opened its four-days convention in this city today with R. G. Roberts, president of the association in the chair. The members of this association handle virtually all the B. C. lumber marketed in the prairie provinces. _------------o------------- J. H. BELL, OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND FATALLY INJURED IN LOS ANGELES Los. Angeles, Jan. 28�Hon. J. H. Boll a. man of 82 years and former premier of Prince Edward Island, is in hospital here in a -critical condition. While crossing a street on Saturday night he was struck by an automobile, receiving injuries which it is feared will prove fatal. -------------o-----------'- KING GEORGE WILL BE MOVED TO SEASIDE NEXT WEEK FOR RECOVERY London. Jan. 28�The progress of Kinc George continues slow but .satisfactory according to the bulletin Issued from Buckingham palace today. It is wiid the king will be moved to the seaside early next- week. NAVAL AIR BASE FOR PACIFIC COAST WILL COST S5.000.000 Wahihgton, Jan. 28�Secretary of the N'avy Wilbur today submitted to con-cress a draft of the proposal to estab-ish an air base at some- point on the Pacific coast, to be selected. The esti-nated cost of the air base is $5,000,000.