,OL. 12, No. 50. PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1929 School Trustees Open New Class After Holidays Will Relieve Congestion Which Has Existed in Classes During: Past Few Months Conservatives of Elect Officers Delegates Are AUo Chosen For Annual | %j nual Meeting; of District Asso- M ciation on Wednesday \ ]g* Thomas Warder, of Victoria, Will Join The Teaching; Staff When School Re-opens The board of school trustees at their last meeting made arrangements for she 'formation of a new class to relieve "the congestion in the King George School. The classes in this .-�chool already have a numerical strength of from 35 to 48, and with the opening of the schools after the Christmas holiday the trustees anticipate an addition of some thirty pu-pik. The new class will be quartered for the present in the vacant room in the high school building, and the trustees have engaged Thomas Warder, of Victoria, as the additional teacher. In view of the unsatisfactory health c onditions which have seriously in- j terfered with the attendance of pupils j during the past few weeks the trustees have decided to request the city council to have an analysis made of the city water. An analysis of the city water was made some time ago, and was found to be quite satisfactory from the health standpoint, but there is a requirement in the Health Act for the making of an analysis, and in view of the existing epidemics the trustees think it desirable to have further assurance as to the city water supply. The school trustees also decided to request the. city 'council to have a thorough investigation of the sanitary condition of the city. It is suggested this work should be delegated to Dr. C. Ewert. city health officer, Alderman C. C. Reid, chairman of the health committee of the council, J. C. Mc-Kenzie, municipal health inspector, and a member of the board of school trustees. Oliver Will Ask Trial by Jury in Latimer Case J W. deB. Farris, K.C.. WU1 Conduct Defence At The Assize Court Sitting Hole Bored in The Back of Oliver's Car Regarded As Very Important Piece of Evidence Vancouver, Dec. 9.�Charles Oliver, of Penticton, son of the late Premier John Oliver, who has been committed Tor trial upon the charge of kidnapping Dr. V. E. Lntimer. an elderly physician practicing in Penticton. and assisting in the application of a coat cf tar and feathers, was in consultation today with J. W. deB. Farris, K.C.. who* will have charge of his defence when the celebrated case comes to trial. When Oliver was committed for trial by the Penticton magistrates it was intimated the accused would go before Judge Brown of the county-court and elect for speedy trial. Since his conference with Mr. Farris it is said Mr. Oliver has changed his mind as tc election and that he will ask for trial by jury. In this event the hearing of the caso will go over to the spring assize. At the present time feeling in Penticton is running very high over the town's first experience with night-riders, which figure so prominently in the administration of justice by the Klu Klux Klan organization wherever it has managed to secure a foothold. The prom'nence of the accused, and the age of the victim of the kidnapping and assault, are factors which contribute to the interest attaching to the episode. At the preliminary hearing Oliver entered a plea of guilty, and reserved his defence, and it is intimated that when the case comes to trial he will set up an alibi. The prosecution attaches a great deal of importance to the fact that an automobile, owned by Oliver, was found to have had a hole bored in the back of the body, which was fixed up at a Penticton garage the day after the kidnapping. It is contended by the prosecution this hole was bored by a bullet fired by a Penticton pol'ce officer at the rear tire of the fleeing car while the kidnapping was in progress. ------------o------------- WIFE OF CHARLES OLIVER SUFFERS RELAPSE AND RETURNS TO HOSPITAL Penticton. Dec. 9.�Mrs. Charles Oliver, wife of the son of the late premier, who has been in delicate health for a considerable time, has suffered a relapse and has been returned to the hospital. It is understood the notoriety gained by her husband in connection with the kidnapping and subsequent assault of Dr. V. E. Latimer, in which he received a coat of tar and feathers, proved too much of a strain ior Mrs. OUver. D. G. Williams Is The New President of Local Association and A. P. Andersen, Vice-Presaident The annual George held or.___......�.........o _____________ Kail. for the election of officers and J members of the executive for the en- i suing year, as well as to elect dele- j sates t,o attend the annual meeting j of the Fort George District Association i which has been called to meet in An-, dersen's hall, on Wednesday evening next. The election resulted in the selection of D. G. Williams, president; A. P. Andersen, vice-president; A. J. Peck, treasurer; T. M. Watson, treasurer; and an executive composed of A. E. Sibley. A. F'. Green, Levi Graham, Dr R. W. Alward, S. J. Watson and A. McB. Young. In the selection of delegates to the annual meeting of the district association the members of the ladies local Conservative association were given a vote. The balloting resulted in the election of the following: Mesdames T. Austin, C. Sherman, H. H. Brawn, A. Allan and W. Graham, and of Messrs. O. N. Haydon, Dr. R. W. Alward, L. C. Gil tin, T. Hughes. J. D. Corning, W. H. James. S. J. Watson, J. H. Johnson, Levi Graham, A. F. Green, J. I. Dunn, A. E. Sibley, E. H. Burden, C. C. Reid, George Kennedy. George McCullagh. and J. C. Kelly. The officers of the association are also delegates to the r'is!rict meeting by virtue of their office. The meeting on Monday evening taxed the seating capacity of the hall and a number of names were added to the membership roll for a total [iain of twenty-three. �-----------o-------------- Ten Convicts Killed in Riots in Auburn Prison Following its usual custom at this holiday season The Citizc-n next week will put out i:s Chris I mas number. Besides containing the Xmas greetings and chidlren's page The Citizen will contain four pages of rotogravure work which will contain interesting and Action of Prince George Board of Trade Resented Lccal Business Men Should Place Their Fate in Hands of Prince Itupsrt and Not Vancouver Elizabeth Ovetn Given Judgment Trading Post at Whitewater Acquired By Hudson's Bay Company Sub- Jcct ot" Cosily Litigation . . . .. ., . �*�� which will contain interest he annual meeting of the Prince g, pictures Of Prince George i �rge Conservative Association was ^ districts to the north ! on Monday evening in Andersen's i &� Thi_. Sftctlon of The citi Abusive Comment of Smithers Editor Receives Commendation of Prince Rupert News Chfef Justice Morrison Gives In Accordance With Finding of the Jury K? *& This section of The Citizen entails a heavy cost and much work. To overcome this the Citizen requests all advertisers to have their copy hi as early as possible. New Year's Day Pierre Rivers Will Meet Oliver Krog: in Main Event and Snappy Bout is Counted Upon Charlie Houffhtaling and Irish Hogan Will Come Together in One of The Preliminaries State Troops Suppress The Trouble By Liberal Use of Tear Bombs in Preparation Billy Monroe is completing arrangements for the biggest fight card ever presented in Prince George as an attraction on New Year's Day. He has a Io: of talent to choose from and is Roing over it very carefully to get a well balanced programme. That the boxing game is taking hold in Prince George is evidenced by the number of men coming forward to make arrangements for a tryout, and others who say they have good men at so much per. In this latter class Mr. Munroe is not interested, for at the present time no guarantees can be made, and if the men are not willing to take their chances with him they will not get a show. That he is doing everything to prom toe boxing goes without saying. Starting out Mr. Munroe had a good h6use, and followed up with one not sc^good, and had to dig to put it over. If this line of sport is to be continued it is up to the patrons to turn out in larger numbers in this way it will be possible to bring-in outside men io take on the best of the local talent. Leading up to this Mr. Munroe has been trying to get a man to meet Oliver Krog, of Giscome, and put out a challenge accordingly. To this he has received several replies and as a result Pierre Rivers, formerly of Luxemburg. France, but now residing up the ine, will show his wares in- the main event on New Year's night. Rivers has done considerable fighting in France, but none on this side, but has been keeping himself in shape, and from reports he is going to be a hard man to beat. Krog has been in training now for the last couple of months in anticipation of a fight, and he has lots of supporters in the mill town who will back him for a win. In continuing preliminaries of a good calibre Manager Munroe is trying to <;et out all the heavy boys, and has lined up two who will give the fans plenty of action In the persons of Charlie Houghtaling and Irish Hogan. They are both known as good mixers | p.nd are training diligently for their I set-to. Knockout Osg will again have his chance, but this tune will have to take ! care of a boy of his own weight when ! he takes on Petit who has been having j things all his own way. There are j none like the juniors to fill out a bill I The members of the Prince George beard of trade in deciding to take their chance with the On-To-The-Peace movement which has been started in Vancouver have roused the ire of the Interior News of Smithers, and in a lengthy article its editor seeks to convince the business men of Prince George that "Godlin's the friend, not Short," that instead of trying to advance the welfare of their city they should shut their eyes and see what the wise people of Prince Rupert will give them in the way of a railway line into the Peace River district. The Smithers editor in a roundabout way tells the people of Prince George the P. G. E.. in which the Province of British Columbia has an investment of 6i3O.OOO.OOO, isn't worth a damn, never will be, and that they are fools to think otherwise. He further gives it as his opinion that, in taking the action they have in the matter, the business men of Prince George have supinely agreed to act as monkeys for the greed of Vancouver. Just what the opinion of the editor of the Interior News may be, as to the action of the business men on the railway issue, does not matter very much, but it becomes a matter of interest when his abusive comments receive the commendation of the Daily News of Prince Rupert, as a clear and concise editorial, arguing the value of the Prince Rupert outlet and the fallacy of any central B. C. community opposing it. The action of the Prince George board of trade was taken for the reason the Vancouver On-To-The-Peace movement does not advocate any particular route for the short line into the Peace River district, but leaves this to be decided by thr> railwayjjnsiriears. having regard for all the circumstances. This has not always be~n the attitude of the business men of Vancouver, but if is their avowed present' attitude. They have not been as cansistentjis the business men of Prince Rupert, vho have persistently opposed any route which would tap the C. N. R. line at any Victoria, Dec. 0�Chief Justice Morrison, in accordance with the finding of the jury in .the damage action of Mrs. Elizabeth Overn against E. S. Peters. . sheriff for Cariboo, John Strand, fur buyer and trader, of Ques-nel, the Hudson's Bay Company, and P. E. Wilson. K.C.. and J. O. Wilson, boih cf Prince George, has handed down judgment awarding the plaintiff damages in the sum of $11,000. This is the amount of damage assessed by thr. jurors at the trial of the action in September last, but at that time the chief justice reserved his decision on certain legal questions. This action was one of the most interesting ever brought in the courts of the province. It had its beginning in a suit brought by John Strand, of Quesnel, against John H. Weisener, who at the time was operating a trading post at Whitewater, a point on the Finlay River, about 500 miles north of Prince George. In this action Strand succeeded, and secured judgment for $2200 and costs. It was then ascertained Weisener had made a transfer of his property at the trading post to Mrs. Overn, and an action to have this conveyance set aside was commenced in the county court, before Judge Robertson. Strand succeeded in this, and in consequence the trading post was seized by the sheriff and eventually sold to the Hudson's Bay Company, the net realization of the sale being $4950. Mrs. Overn took an appeal in the case but it went against her, and she then commenced the damage action against all parties on the ground she had been represented in the legislation without her authority, the auth-. ority given by her husband, Charles Overn. being repudiated. In this way Messrs. Wilson & Wilson, of Prince George, were added as defendants. In her damage action Mrs. Overn .^ued for $25,000, made up of $12,000 as representing ihe value of the property- seized by the sheriff, $12,000 as representing-"" her expected profit on the sale of the same, and $1,000 as general damages. In her evidence at Rioters Held The Warden and Three Guards As Hostages During- Four Hours Fighting: New York, Dec. 12.�The fifth major outbreak on the part of convicts held in United States prisons took place at Auburn yesterday, bringing the casualties for the past six months up to sixteen and the property damage to $1,000,000. The rioting at Auburn yesterday was started by twenty long-term convicts, and rapidly spread until nearly all the convicts were engaged. The ringleaders posted themselves in advantageous positions, and on a prearranged signal the rioting started with the seizing of a number of guards. The riocers then rushed the warden and overpowered him before he could make an effective insistence. For four hours the convicts were virtually in ?cntrol of the prison, holding the warden and three guards as hostages. State troops were called out as soon as the rioting assumed serious proportions, and after some severe fighting the disorder was quelled. The troopers were supplied with a quantity of tear bombs. These were showered :nto the prison yard and a short time later the gates were opened and the troopers entered the prison. The iroopers hunted the convicts from corridor to corridor, and at 6 o'clock last i - - � -.- � ....... night order was restored. In the | of a,ction- niOt*er bouts arue be(in& }\ned ! course of the fighting ten convicts I UP- but Blll>' Monroe is choosing them killed and three turnkeys were with Vancouver in the matter of the Peace River railway, simply means that for .the present the professed attitude of Vancouver is not antagonistic to <-he railway aspirations of the city of Prince George, whereas that of the business men of Prince Rupert- has been consistently antagonistic for a number of years. The first indication of the hostility of the Prince Rupert board of trade came some years ago. '"hen it had in hand the publication of a pamphlet descriptive of the towns along the line of the C. N. R. The Prince Rupert board of trade refused to give Prince George a pace in fhis pimphlet -because it feared the comoetition Prince George might, offer its desiens to secure for Prince Rupert thr exclusive privilege of handling the "rnm traffic of the Peace River dis- y the al of tn t amounting to $4 950 ^ >d ^ J ^ d ^ be availnble to satisf the JudBmem ta t Thi wU1 f J$6 050 ^ ^ found b th defendants ln the dam. actoin t0Retner wlth the costs. There wag a reat of Vancouver , al tal(?nt Uned Up in the action. j A MacInnes and 'c. s Amo]d ap_ ed t tne nlaintiffi Mrs_ Overn; j B PattullOi K�o and H. B. r^. ertf;on for wilson & wilson: c. �. j^ for strand; E A Lucas for Sher. iff peters; and D N Hossie for the Hudson's Bay Company. o THFATRF Vvn t wcre iw�........ so seriously wounded that they expected to die. STATE TROOPS ORDERED TO TAYLORSVILLE TO KEEP ORtiER IN MINER'S STRIKE Springfield. Dec. 10.�Serious trouble is threatened in connection with the coal miners strike in the vicinity of Taylorsville owing to the clash between the national miners organization and local organizations of the men. Governor Stirling has ordered state militia to Taylorsville to preserve order. ---------------o-------------- UNITED STATES WILL ADHERE TO THE FINDINGS OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS Berne, Dec. 10.�Kay P. Moffatt. United States charge d'affaires here, has signed on behalf of his government a protocol for the adhesion by the United States to the findings of the world court. Toronto, Dec. 10.�Sir George Foster, who has just returned from a visit to England, made the prediction that it will be but a short time before the United States enhances the value of the league of nations by becoming a member. carefully in order to put this show ovei big*. | C^c'l Hartley, of Giscome, senas word he has several men to bring in, par- j ?icularlv Jim Jacobson, who brought down the house on his last appearance | bv his game fight with Young Swift. I He will endeavor to get a good man j for him. in order to have him in shape ! for Benny Wendell should it be pos- j sible to bring them together. There j is no doubt but that there will be j plenty of action for the fans on the : card for New Year's Day. For the post week Charlie Houghtal- i ing has been busy fixing up a gym in the rear of the taxi office, and auite a number of mitt slingers have been down there working on the bag and having workouts with sparring partners. of Prince Georee were told Pnnce Ru- oVlock On Tuesday evening a couple pert w*s paddling its own canoe on Q( pr drawin win *take lace' the railway issue. lo cover the ndinlssion tickcts for The peonle of Prince ^eoije have Momi v �and T.Jesdav evenings, the neyw nuestxoned the fact that in the drawings for each gyeivng being con- C N. R. Une-Prince Rupert has mi rill(fpd senai.nt.eh.. On Thursday ev- WIND AND RAIN SENDS UP WATER LEVELS IN ENGLAND London. Dec. 11.�Fresh gales swept over the British Isles today with the nrobability of additions being made to the existing casualty list of 184 lives. The wind backed up the water in the swollen rivers. At Thames bridge the water rose four inches, at Windsor the castle errounds were "inundated and at F.t-on College the buildings are entirely surrounded by water. of Sir Henry Thornton for the belief that it may be many yearn hefore the Port of Prince Rupert can bp developed- to the extent that it will become a serious contender with the Port of Vancouver in the hand � line of the erain exports from thn Peace River district. Sir Henry told the people of Prince Georpe his rom-nanv could handle grain into Pr'nre "Rupert cheaper than it could into Vancouver, but he also said the shippers determined the routing of their Bruin, and until Prince Rupert possessed eaual shipping facilities the arain would continue to go to Vancouver. It may be that in making the decision thev did on the matter of the Pc-one River railway outlet the members of the Prince George board of trade had to choose between the arreert of Vancouver an.1 the greed of Prince Ru;>ert. In this event it would ^.eeri Sa' urday evening there will be two drawings to cover the admissions for Friday and Saturday evenings. The winning numbers for each night will be published, so that the holders of the lucky tickets can claim their hampers should they not be in the thro.tre at the time of the drawing. JOSEPH R. GRXJNDY MENTIONED . AS PROBABLE SENATE APPOINTEE Washington. Dec. 10.�There was considerable adverse comment expressed today en the report that Joseph R. Orundy may emerge shortly as an appoint"ee to the senate. as if they acted the part of wisdom in casring in their lot with the fat ho,? of Vancouver, in preference to his leaner brother of Prince Rupert; in ihe expectation that it vrtl! not require .�> i-.ruch to fill him.