PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN
12. No. 39
PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1929
Five Cents.
King Reception Attended By A Large Number
Visiting Minister. Says Conservative Leader Acted Conjurer's Part In Tariff Argument
Depression in Woolen Industry Due to
Fashion Changes Followed By
The Ladies
Hon. Dr. J. H. King, minister of health in the administration of Hon. Mackenzie King, was tendered a very flattering reception in the ballroom of the Prince George Hotel on Saturday evening, when a large number of the residents of Prince George and vicinity availed themselves of the opportunity
States Dr. King admitted that in visible trading the balance would probably be found in favor of the United States to the amount of approximate-ly $275,000,000, but there is one very important asset in Canada's invisible trading as represented by the expenditures of citizens of the United States touring in Canada, which it is estimated will be "in Canada's favor to the extent of -at least $250,000,000 and some authorities place this favorable trading balance as high as $300,000,000 so that when the whole trading between Canada and the United States is taken into account it would be found
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r meeting him. The reception opened | to Just about balance. * id ! Dr �"S said h
meeting him. The reception opened | 8 30 and continued until 11 o'clock.! Dfr-
Frank Clark acted as chairman, and after the first stream of citizens had been presented to the minister called n H. G. Perry to extend the cus-
up'oi
said he would have anpp- ter oi rl t th^t
portunity later of replying to the^tar-iff argument of Hon. Mr^Benr.et: but he could not resist the/temptation io refer to certain parts' of the plea
p (
r for a higher tariff. The woolen j
^ok g^eat^asu,^: "-ustry had beer/especially singled' realized Hon. Dr. King re- out bv the Cop^rvative leader as re- introduction to the people! W�? additional protection His an-
& WaS that ?ny dePv~�Slon
? MILLER HUGGINS, DIED
> IN NEW YORK HOSPITAL
> AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS
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? New York, Sept. 25.�Miller
+ Huggins, manager of the New -f -f York Yankees, died In a hospital + �f here today after a, brief illness 4-�f Attending physicians resorted to + three blood transfusions but the +
? patient's strength had been so + + sapped that he failed to rally. ? + Although he was a sick man Hug- ? �f gins refused to leave^the diamond -f �f and was with his team on Friday 4-
? last. The funeral will take place 4-�f tomorrow.
oS no introduction to the people of any portion of British Columbia. K
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For very many years Dr. King had re-
presented East Kootenay in the . vincial legislature, and with the incoming of the first Liberal administration had been selected as the first ministe of public works. In this position hi had been responsible for the^inaugura-tion of the first comprehensive system of public highways, which aimed a connecting up . the/Interior sections
�vuh the existing^ highways in the coast region./aiid which had resulted in the provincial highway system as i i.s knowiT^t present.
ng had left provincial politics hunter the cabinet of Hon. Mackenzie icing as federal minister of public works, and in this position he had maintained a close contact with British Columbia. It was he who had been largelv instrumental in securing direct 'telephone connection between Prince Grow and Quesnel, and he had also been active in securing the improvements which had .been made to the Ciooked River waterway. Tb^s latter work had been of great advantage to the merchants of Prince George in the movement of freight into the mining districts which are being opened in the Finlay. Ingenika and other sections of the north. The waterway affords the most economical route for freighting into the north, and will continue to do so until the north country is provided with a railroad or it can be shown to be feasible to operate steamers oa the P^c and make the necessary portage at the canyon. While thanking Hon. Dr King for what he had been able to accomplish in the way of improving the Crooked River Mr. P�Jg said he would like to remind him this waterway is yearly increasing in importance and the greater facility accorded in the movement of freights over it the greater will be the share of the Prince George- merchants in the business created by the mineral development of the north. For this reason he thought it well to intimate to the minister the work of improvement is not yet fin-ished,. and to express the hope that fu iire applications for river improvement north of Davie Lake will receive the same sympathetic considerations as had been extended in the past.
Hon. Dr. King was given a veiy hearty greeting on rising, to accept the welcome tendered him. He sam he was making a tour of the interior, but did not include Prince George n the list of places at which he would make political addresses. As his itinerary had been planned he had only Saturday evening, and this was not considered a suitable time ror tne holding of a meeting. He had the day and evening to spare, however, and he decided to devote it to meeting the many friends he was pleased to know he had resident in Prince George, and to discuss with them matters whicn they considered of importance to tne
whicb/migh; exist in the woolen industry is ao> chip to any lacli of a sufficient car.ff, bur, the to fa-:t that the 'people are not wearing woolen goods as much as formerly. Dr. King said he would excuse the men for any failure to understand this contention, but he felt he could appeal to the
with every confidence they understand it and appreciate
ladies
would
the effect recent changes in custom
had upon the woolen trade of Canada,
as well as the woolen trade of Great
Britain. If as Mr. Bennett contended
Canada should have a higher tariff
Peacox Murder Trial Now Ready For The Jurors
Accused Confesses To Killing But As
serts Blow Was Struck By Him
In Self-Defence
Clothing on Body Was Soaekd With
Kerosene and Set on Fire To
Prevent Identification
White Plains. Sept. 25.�The defence rested today in the case of Earl Francis Peacox, the brisk and talkative radio mechanician, charged with strangling his young wifein April last and burning the body with kerosene Peacox who confessed the crime was the last witness called for the defence which was based on temporary insanity.
District Attorney Frank H. Coyne will ask the death penalty for Peacox. but lawyers and court attaches believe a verdict of second degree murder is
en woolen goods it meant the tariff! the most the state can obtain. They wall should be raised against Great! point out that even Peacox's supposed Britain as the chief source of Canada's I confession does not indicate premedi-
woolen imports. What then became j of the policy for the empire-trade development? Mr. Bennett had been asking for higher tariffs not only against Great Britain but against Australia and New Zealand, the three most important trading units of the empire, and in doing so he had overlooked the rather important consideration that if these portions of the empire are to continue as purchasers of Canadian goods.the Dominion must be prepared to balance the. tiade by purchasing goods from them.
During the evening refreshments were served by a very efficient committee of ladies. A very pleasing feature was the rendering of a number of vocal solos by G. Hyndman, who accompanied Dr. King as secretary. He is the possessor of a very pleasing baritone which was heard to good advantage, his accompaniments being played by Mrs. C. Ewert.
T. Pcppas last night received a large consignment of high-grade ladies' fur coats in Hudson seal and muskrat, and the same are now on display in his fur office. An invitation to inspect them is extended with no-' obligation to purchase. Details concerning the consignment will appear in the next issue of The Citizen.
BRITISH DIRIGIBLE R-100
WILL NOT PAY EXPECTED
VISIT TO CANADA
London, Sept. 25.�It is announced liere that the British dirigible F.,-100 will not make a trip to Canada for some time. The first flight of the big ship will be to India with a call at Egypt.
SAM CRANE CONVICTED
OF MANSLAUGHTER FOR
SLAYING DELLA LATTA
Harrisburg, Pa., Sept. 25.�Sam Crane, former major league ballplayer, and for a time a member of the Seattle ball team, was convicted here today for second degree murder for the slaying of Delia Latta on August
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Dr. King made a reference in pass-, MILTON ALGER ADMITS ing to the speech which had been de- i Hvered in Prince George and at other i centers by Hon. R. B. Bennett. K.O., He said the impression formed in nisj
THEFT OF SECURITIES
VALUED AT $512,000
Alger,
3 rsifVir
trading with the United States in! the police he had
tho i\vt> rinilar bill figured so entities valued at
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instructive. The Conservative leader, $50,000. tried hard to convince his listeners
kidnapped, has admitted he stole the
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d to convn
thnt if the five dollars remained in Canada, in some mysterious way it would become one hundred dollars. As * matter of fact there was not'money transaction in international trade. It is in effect an exchange of commodities. Canada purchases goods from the United States, and in a measure balances the transaction by the sale of other goods. The trading must be mutually advantageous or it cannot endure. As to the tariff policy of the Dominion Dr. King said he would like his listeners to remember that nearly every article produced in Canada enjoyed a certain measure of pro-
! RE-OPENING OF INGA
ANDERSEN SCHOOL OF THE
DANCE ON OCTOBER 1st
tection. between
As to the balance of trade Canada and the United
tation.
The body of Dorothy Heinzelman Peacox, twenty-year-old stenographer was found April 7, burned beyond recognition, under an apple tree behind a stone wall on the Ardsley Road, in Greenburg. She had been strangled and her body soaked in kerosene and set afire. No clue to her identity remained except a scrap of the flowered material which had been her dress Through this the body was identified "and Peacox, the youn^ husband from whom she had been separated for three months, was arrested.
Soon afterward he confessed, according to police, that on their first wedding anniversary he sought Her in the furnished room where she was living. She went with him to their old home at No. 32 Edison Avenue, Mount Ver-non, the statement continued, "but they quarrelled all the way and the quarrel became a fight when she sneered at the little apartment as "the same old dump." He told police she clawed at his face and that he brought the butt of a pistol on her head, then, half crazy with rage, strangled her. Later he said he tried to revive her, but she did not regain consciousness.
District Attorney Coyne has built up his case on the theory that Peacox was jealous of his young wife and killed her for that reason. The state is said to have letters from Dorothy to some of her friends, saying he had threatened her, and that she was afraid of him. i
HON. MACKENZIE KING
ANNOUNCES SIR HENRY
THORNTON WILL STAY
Ottawa, Sept. 25.�Premier King yesterday denied the report that Sir Henry Thornton, president of the Canadian /National Railways will shortly accept a position in England. The premier made the statement Sir Henry is to remain at the head of the Canadian National system but said no details in connection with the matter will be given out until the return to Ottawa of the minister of railways.
Hon. W. With The
Minister of Mines Spends Best Part of Two Wees In Visiting Mining Districts
If A Small Part of the Claims Are
Proven Central Interior Will Be
Important Section
Pleased Outlook
Hon. William A. McKenzie, minister of mines, and Robert Dunn, deputy minister, arrived in the city yesterday on their way home to Victoria. They will have spent two weeks on their recent trip through the mining sections to the west of this city. Hon. Mr. McKenzie expressed himself as greatly pleased with the activity in mining encountered on his trip. In almost every'section visited by him the prospectors have reported note-worthy finds, and if a fair percentage of them are proven with development the central interior of the province will eb-come one of its most important mining fields. The minister is taking south with him numerous samples of ore for assay purposes.
The work of the prospectors in most of the sections is being implemented by engineers connected with development companies. The engineers' have
?ot on the ground "neans- the value of
early and this the discoveries
will be ascertained more quickly than was the case with most of the earlier mining camps.
Hon. Mr. McKenzie went west as far as Terrace, and his car was the first to travel over the extreme western segment of the highway connecting Usk with Terrace. At nearly every point visited thece was evidence of marked mining activity. At Palling^
all the men of the town appeared to have been effected. by the virus of prospecting the recent discoveries on Boo Mountain having fired them all with the determination to secure locations.
While in the Vanderhoof section Hon. Mr. McKenzie paid a visit to Fort St. James and went out for some distance on the new road -which is being constructed from, that point-with Finlay Forks as its projected terminus. This very important piece of highway is being built to improve transportation facilities for the Man-son, Nation and Ingenika river sections in which highly important mining operations have been under way alL summer. This highway will have a length of approximately 130 miles and will be three or four years in building. The road has been carefully laid out for a considerable part of its length by engineer L. C. Gunn, and when completed is expected to afford the cheapest means of freighting into the north. The district advocates assert that with its completion it will be possible to cut in half the cost of freighting into the northern districts as determined by the waterway via Summit Lake and the Crooked River. Whether this proves to be the case or not. depending largely upon the extension of the existing highway from Summit to Davie Lake and contemplated improvements to the waterwav north of this point, the road out of Fort St. James is destined to become one of the more important highways of the central interior. Twenty miles of the roadway will be completed this
G
eorge McKee Met Death on Manitoba Lake on Sunday
Attempted a Landing in Shallow Water
In Smoky Weather With Fatal
Ending
Chief Engineer and Members of Staff Entertain
Mark The Close of Their Stay in Prince
George With Very Enjoyable
Function
Examination of Lands Set Aside For
Railway Purposes Is About
Completed
TARIFF RETALIATIONS
HINTED AT BY REVIEW
OF CERTAIN SCHEDULES
Ottawa, Sept. 25.�That the Mackenzie King government contemplates retaliation against the United States in the next tariff revision is said to be indicated by the recent action of Hon. J. A. Robb, minister of finance, in instructing the tariff board to investigate all matters in connection with the existing duties on tablewear.
classware. linoleum.
wallpaper. matting and
Three Occupants of Plane Were Killed
Outright When It Dived Into
The Mud
George McKee, the Toronto pilot
�vho brought the first Western Canada
Airways plane into Prince George this
iummer, with I., Innes-Taylor, drop-
>ing into the' Fraser ar" South Fort
Jeorge, is reported to have been killed j ed a host of friends
n Sunday. The accident happened at I George Hotel on Fric point on Lake Manitoba, 130 miles
orth of Winnipeg. With Arthur Roach, a Winnipeg en-
ineer, and Arthur Hunt Chute, mag-
zine writer of Wolfeville, N. S., McKee
ook off on Sunday from Winnipeg
or Fort McMurray, via Cranberry
iake. The bodies of the two passen-
ers have been recovered but that of
icKee is believed to have been burled
nder the machine. As nearly as the
tory of the tragedy can be pieced to-.
ether McKee attempted to land his
lane in a shallow place in the lake,
here there was not sufficient water j ening were Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Crys-to get the efficiency out of the pon- J''" **" """" 1"r"~ *" ~ " �4-*^ toons. Smoky and foggy weather prevailing throughout the northern country for the past two weeks is believed to have been a contributing factor in the tragedy.
The chief engineer and staff of the P. G. E. railway lands survey, who have been stationed in Prince George during the, summer months, entertain-at the Prince Friday evening at a dance tendered in acknowledgement of the courtesies extended to them during their stay in ths city. It proved to be one of the most enjoyable parties given in the city for some time. The arrangements for the dance were all that could be desired. The guests of the evening were made to feel at home at once, and the only regret voiced by them was that the dance should be taken as an evidence of the early closing of an intimacy which had been very much enjoyed. The hosts and hostesses of the ev-
HONEY IS NOW PRODUCED
IN PRINCE GEORGE DISTRICT
ON COMMERCIAL SCALE
Anton Evaschko has" solved the
dale. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. H. Firth, Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Jones. Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Harvey, and Messrs. N. C. Stewart, J. M. Stewart, J. A. Sharpe, A. W. Wolfe-Merton, V. S. K. Weldie, | John Bardsley, E. .O Greening and W. I Leigh.
The greater part oT the work being i carried on in connection with the ! railway lands survey has been complet-, ed. and a number of the staff are 1 nlreadv on their way to Victoria. With favorable weather the air photography
* Miss Inga Andersen announces the opening of the fifth term of the Inga Andersen school oi the dance and physical classes on Tuesday. October 1st. Miss Andersen, who has spent the summer months in studying with the leading teachers in New York, and in attending the normal school and convention of the Dancing Masters of America in Pittsburg. is expected to arrive home within the next few days. She has familiarized herself .with all the latest dances and will instruct her classes in them. '
WEATHER REPORT
R. B. Carter, local meteorological agent, says the probabilities are for a week of fine clear weather, with warm days and frosty nights. The heaviest frost of the season was experienced vesterday morninT when a reading of 27 degrees was obtained. The following were the maximum and minimum temperature readings for the week end-ine Tuesday. September 24th:
Wednesday ............................. 70 45
Thursday.................................. 68 38
Friday............................1.......... 54 47
Saturday ................................... 59 47
Sunday ..........:........................... 46 40
Monday................................._. 49 39
Tuesday' ,................................... 52 30
problem connected with the product on : will be continUed for a couple of .weeks, of honey in the Prince George district.! following. wnich the loca^ off{ces of For some years experiments have been ; the sur wiu be closed and Prince carried on with a view to producing | G e residents Vfill nave cause to honey in commercial quantities but it. et the departure of a number of remained for Anton Eraschko to de- v estimable people who have en-monstrate the thing could be done. u d social ff t f u f
This year he will have about one ton months
of honey for the Prince George mar- ' ________o_________
ket, and it will be handled through the Crystal Market conducted by John Assman. Anton Evaschko came to tho Prince George district about three years ago. and located about three miles east of this city. He is a university man with nn extensive knowledge in bee culture and honey production. He gave his special attention to these matters and his efforts have been attended with a marked degree of success. One disadvantage which must be faced by honey producers in the Prince George district is the long winter season, but this Mr. Evaschko is
confident he has been able to overcome.
AIR SERVICE TO AKLAVIK
WILL BE COMMENCED FROM EDMONTON IN NOVEMBER
Ottawa. Sept.,23�The postal department has completed arrangements for inaugurating an air-mail service between Edmonton and Aklavik, at the mouth of the Mackenzie River early in November. This distance is ap-proimately 2000 miles and in making s'-ops at intermediate points it is ex- tion in pected it will be covered in four days, titles.
The regular meeting of Northern Robekah Lodge. No. 34. will be held in the I.O.O.F hall this evening at 8 o'clock.
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CIVIL ACTIONS COMMENCED
AGAINST IRVING GREEN TO RECOVER GAMBLING LOSSES
Bellingham. Sept. 25.�Civil actions have been started by F. Wilson against Irving Green, of Seattle, to recover large sums alleged to have been lost by Wilson's son-in-law, former county treasurer, and now serving sentence for embezzlement from Whatcom. County. Wilson asserts that the money stolen by his son-in-law all went to Green.
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WIDOW OF EARL WILLIAMS
HELD FOR THEFT IN REAL
ESTATE TRANSACTIONS
Los Angeles. Sept. Voj~Florence Williams, widow of Earl Williams, former film star, is being called upon to answer to charges of theft approximating $20,500 through misrepresenta-cottnection with real estate