PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN
PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN THURSDAY. MARCH 19,1931
Five Cents
Sozansky's Alibi in Burglary Case Did NotHold Up
Ringleader in the Crime Tried
*o Sec Up He was Being
Framed By Others
GIVEN STliFfENTENCE
Faces Four-Year Sentence with Prospect of Deportation
GOVERNOR-GENERAL' OF NEW ZEALAND
CUTS HIS SALARY
j Wellington, Mar. 18�Parliament has taken the first step hi its retrench-
1 ment policy with a cut of 10rr in the salaries of trie public servants. The governor-general has showed himself to be in sympathy with the government in its financial difficulties and id hi illi t tke
p p
When it is Served
imprisonment
for
for
imprisonment for two
awre �ere the <*>�"��
w judje Robertson on Tuesdaj
..�., intimated his willingness to .�__
the same cut in his salary as has been made on those of the civil servants.
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RAILWAY HEADS AGREE TO USE COAL INSTEAD OF FOREIGN FUEL OIL
Ottawa, Mar. 18�The special committee of the house of commons, �charged -with the investigation of the. coal industry of Canada, today received the assurances of President Beatty, of the C.P.R.. and of Sir Henry Thornton pjesvdent of the C.N.R.. that so far at practicable in the operation of iheir respective railway systems they will revert to the use of coal as a, locomotive fuel, replacing foreign mel ai as much as possible.
Creamery Project Not Feasible on Co-Opera^ve Plan
Government Aid Can Come in
Form of Industrial Loan at
Low Interest Rate
11 the local creamery project- is to be proceeded with it ps likely it will have to be launched a$ a strictly business proposition, and] not as a cooperative venture. This much is intimated in advices received irom Victoria, which imply tha$ with the transfer of creamery jurisdiction from the land settlement boardj of the agricultural department, to ithe department of lands, there have Icome modifications of policy in thej method of extending aid to creamery projects. The principal change indicated is the de-
1RT. HON. MACKENZIE C L IT "
KING AND PREMIER OCllOOl I HiSlCeS
BENNET IN DEBATE
Face Necessity for More Room
Ottawa, Mar. 17�Premier Bennett spoke on the debate oi\ the address in reply to the speech from the throne yesterday, giving special attention to the criticism directed against the government policies by Rt. Hon. Macken- ' -------
z:e King, leader of the opposition. ,-> ,. � . .� c i i t
which Mr. King described as a .policy Consolidation ot Schools in the
of economic coercion, and a menace *�" *"� � r� ______i
to the empire, and at the conclusion \ of his speech moved an amendment to \ the address taking the premier to task ! for failure to relieve unemployment or :
l
Alex
took
had repair-
Coroner's Jury Finds Vancouver City Negligent
Tradegy of the Georgia Street
A/iaduct Might Have Been
Avoided is Verdict
Three Georges is Proposed By the Local Board
for failure to relieve unemployment v�
provide adequate aid to the agricultur- : WOULD LESSEN COST
al industry. In his reply Premier
Bennett denied the charge that by his . -------
course of action in London he had, p � c p;- Q-W,-^l-
wrecked the Imperial conference. Hfc i requirements ot V,it> Schools cave as the reason for the failure of Necessitate Three Additional
gave as the reason for the faue the conference the dumping of wheat itih kt by the Russian
Rooms Next Year
on the British market by the Russian
government, and the attitude of the _____
MacDonald government toward the i _ . _ ". . , trade proposals of the dominions. Pre- ! Prince George is facing the necessity mier Bennett predicted that when the i of providing additional school acccom-conference is. resumed in Ottawa there I modation. This was one of the major will be a more favorable attitude taken i matters discussed at the meeting at on the uroi>osals of the dominion for J the board of school trustees on Mon-
in
store,
FOUR PERSONS KILLED
S-S*prt p
then ceased operations
^ j Victims Were Returning From a Pre-Nuptial Party When Death Overtook Them
the 'window,
got gathered up
jury, charged
of the circumstances
thp WdinK place, and it was e oeremoveSit to thep attic of the shack occupied by himself. A^b *�**�* the three started quarrelling over me division of six watctoes which^ had[been held out fbs^he first Jivteon. R�lko� km* three oIU*ie watches, gave two Titeto* vaSS>le to Wlosuk and one to Sozansky. Shortly after this, one of the three lifted tne plant fom � outhouse and the fat was in the fire Wlosuk, giving up hope of ^"f^Jj! proper share, went to the k b and
Ot tne CUUUIliaiauvca ..�._____ ,
death of four persons early on Sunday morning on the Georgia street viaduct, brought in a verdict that the city of Vancouver was negligent in that it failed to provide sufficient protection for motor traffic and especially _while repairs were being made to an expansion jotot. The jurors found that the accident might have been avoided had sufficienL-iwecautions been taken.
The time of the accident is fixed at l?.3O on- Sunday morning. Benjamin Valer!e, who was driving west on the viaduct was an eye-witness to the accident. He observed a taxicab approaching him on the opposite side of the road. Suddenly the driver swerved his car, apparently to avoid a repair, barricade which loomed up in front of him. The taxi skidded, turning completely around and mounetd the curb of the sidewalk on the north side oi the viaduct. He heard the o.v,.-pants of the car screaming as the rear-end of the car went through the parapet and plunged to the C. P. R, tracks below. The car landed on its top. killing three of its occupants almost 'nstantly. A fourth member of the party died upon reaching the hospital ---1 tvio iwo remaining occupants re-
�.. ._, get away'from extending aid to co-operative ventures. Tlie minister of lands is represented as willing to entertain the granting of assistance to creamery projects, but it can be expected only as an industrial loan, carrying a low rate of interest. There is the intimation that if the promoters of the local creamery will organize as a joint stock company jthey might expect assistance from the government up to the amount of 73 per cent of the capital they subscribe, as a strictly business loan.
As the information from Victoria Is not in accord with the views previously entertained, as to the nature of the government assistance, to creameries, it will involve a change in the plans for the establishment of the local project if it is proceeded"'with. Jt is expected an official statement of the government's policy in the matter of extending aid to creameries will come to hand before the next meeting of the board of trade, but so much time has been lost in advancing the project that it may be found necessary to delay action, and bring the, creamery into operation next spring. The milk-supply situation is favorable at this season, but it is intimated the season
u trade.
i day evening. In the discussion it j came out many of the class-rooms in I the King George school are very much j over-crowded, and in siddition to this ; one of the classes has to be accommodated in the high 'school building. ! Some of the rooms have 45 pupils at-' tending classes.
With the beginning of the next term the trustees estimate two rooms will be required for the grade six pupils, and
______ to meet other demands two additional
r>. i r> c m c �, I rooms will be necessary; making in all
Demands Resignation or Manson | threo rooms to be providod. T]^ trus. and Wrinch for Irregularity | tees have no fixed views as to how D 1 f T tno additional accommodation shall be
in Kebate or i axes provided, whether in the way of the
erection of a nowtnilidins. or the so-
Shelly Throws a Bomb Into the Liberal Camp
r�KFPiMCF WAS SHUT OFF - curing or .accommodation In existing L>crc^v>c !_____ ! builr"""* -riiU'thov consider should
Members Must wait for Debatc.jbe_s
has passed for. puttng up a cheap supply of ice. All new ventures encounter difficulties in getting started, but heavy expenditures in the securing of a- stock of ice might prove too much of a handicap to put the creamery project over with p. view to operating during the coming summer.
on the Estimates to Make Their Explanations.
Victoria, Mar. 18�At last n:g
buildings. This they consider should
by the ratepayers. Before the decision is reached on this matter the trustees have decided to re-open with the school boards of Fort George and of South Fort George the question of the advisability
i i^cmV George tne queston
Victoria. Mar. 18�At .ast nws -1-:- consolidntillR. the SChool systems in sion Messk Manson and % i nch 1,0. o es Thprc ^ ^^ cy{_
^ fi
Messk Manson and % es Thprc ^ ^^ cy{_
a!> �KUof the i^ re find o( $700! dence of the mutual advantages of S nS? o D? Wrinch during the latter consolidation as it has been worked mi? of tl? Liberal admin'stration. Mr. out in other sections of the province. Manson former attorney-general, who ; no, ^ hx thfV lesseUing or the cost i inister of finance ^jnedl-j dcation but in the way or Im-
Man rm yg
as actine minister of finance Lhe order-in-council approves. defended the ��n
^ hx thf lesseUng cducation but in the way or Im- til filitis
payment. Contending it
taxes �o~ . the result of
^^ndcollecled %
taxes uiegy i
the result of a blunder in the land
dennrtment extending back for twenty
yeai'f
ai'f- H c wrinch Liberal member T;/ dfded' the ^1"u^ctl�n
spilled the bean, ^S^ | ^ '"'
charge of burglary as well � J^**1"* Wlosuk became a crown witness in tne trial of Relkoff. who ^ pleaded^ not-
niilty
juries.
Dead
Miss Jessie McDonald, 24. West Third.
of 2465 of 166*
4580
4580 Slocan stre and two small sons.
Ttl iut
Mrs. Isabel
Within a week, were When Burchill
� *7hTcWe of burglary but Jast Ff h sun-gUilty to the charge of receiving stolen ^one Iverj goods. � . . 4290 Sophia street
A. McB. Yountt. who had the P�/* cution in hand Informed the court that lie proposed to place Relkoff on trial on the more serious of the two charges. With the Wlosuk confession to build upon the police made out a strong case. Wlosuk told how he in company with Relkoff and Sozansky had o"1�;" the containers of the jewelry in the �stove in the Relkoff shack, and of the discovering on the Sunday following the robbery that the loot had disappeared from the place where it haa been lvdden, and of his reporting the matter to the police on Wednesday. February -25th. � .
Inspector Spiller gave evidence as to visiting the McCuUa-gh premises on tne morning following the robbery, of tne finding of a chisel handle and a jack-knife, and of the footprints of wo men in front of the window througn
which entrance was secured. He told (Continued on page 7)
THREE CONVICTS KILLED IN REVOLT IN
ILLINOIS PRISON
, Joliet. Mar. 18�Three convicts were killed by guards in a revolt of ije und Smith Fort George, nncl un effort will be made io brinjT the consolldntion Ijrojxwnl to a head. Should the decision /be reached to consolulutc ii wil. have nn Itnportnnt bi'nrliig u|�>n the ninttor of the nccommodatlpn U> h�� provided to take euro of the increased; attendance at the central school.
H.
429C Sop fiancee.
S. E. Burchill, driver of the taxieab. Slocan street, sui-vived by his wife ll sons
Injured
1940 Arbutus
McDonald, i t
street, sister of M'iSS Mcuoimui.
B. J. Forrester. 1128 Davie street.
The five passengers in the car had snent the evenihs at the Commodore Cafe, where Miss McDonald and Angus Maclver, who were to have been mar-.- .i�vaV were the guests
St. Johns. Mar. 18�The latest advices respecting the disaster which destroyed the sealing vessel Viking indicates that at least twenty-five per lt thi lie The Vikinu was
ndicates that t l sons lost their lives. under* charter by a
twenyfve per The Vikinu was moving picture f th ki
evening S summoned to
drive the^partyjTome.____
PRINCE GEORGE WILL HAVE ESTABLISHMENT ' ON HIS RETURN
Cioorge; of
London. Mar. 17�'Princo vvho is second ciilv to the. Prince ni Wales for his travels is to have his .own establishment, when he: returns to London from the Argentine Mary is o.elec" In r. the MayfieLl
MAL DOUGHERTY GEIS STIFF SENTENCE FOR ' LOOTING OF BANK
lar.nsion
'jistrir1. �� -o
fov him
bank " d trustees..
icp.s p -. which he
MONTAGUE NAPIER HELPS BUDGET BY A RETURN OF 22,850,000
syndicate of New York for the making of educational films oi sealing opera-lions. Willie the sealer was some distance off Horse Island a . terrific explos'on took place in the hold of the vessel. A number .of the crew were killed outright by flying wreckage, but those who could--travel made their way to ice floes and eventually reached Horse Island, a desolate place in Which there were bin three families in residence and a wireless operator w'io sent the first news of the disaster to the outside world.
The steamer Sagona and the tug Franklin have' been dispatched to the scene of the disaster vi:h medical supplies and food. In view "of the work upon which the Vikim: was engaged she enried ah-unusually- large crew to ensure plenty of act'on for the cameras, e i .----------------------r>�-----------------
CONDUCTOR 0EOKO13
WRIGHT MEETS ACCIDENT
IN SMITHERS YARD
Smithers, Mar. 18.� Narrowly escap-jhg death as he was ricocheted around the wheels of a freight train on Friday night; Conductor /George Wright is now in the Smithers liosp'jtal for attention required by a liactured shoulder, two fractured.ribs., body bruises and severe cuts'about the head. , i ior u�: ""�� � Conductor Wright had charge of the funds of the | way-freight riming into Smithers from s one of the j the west on Friday night. Approach ng , the station he attempted to alight fiom the-moving train, selecting what he believed was a'gravel foothold with a few flakes of snow as covering, til
agent, in London, when It was com mon knowledge the former premier of tlv province was dying.
Victoria. Mar. 18�The legislature was treated to a sensation yesterday with Hon. W. C. Shelly, president oT the council, handling the fireworks, when In the course of a two-hour .speech he demanded the resignation of A. M. Manson, former attprney-gen-ernl, and that of Dr. C. H. Wrinch member for Skeena, from the house f th
member for Skeena, from th The substance of the charge was that Mr. Manson. while acting minister of finance, had signed an order-in-council. just prior to the retirement of the ent under which Dr.
STINSON PLANE WILL BASE PRINCE GEORGE DURING THE SUMMER
Tom Corless, the local pilot who brought in the Stinson junior, four-iwssenger hiouopliinc from Vancouver last week, says it is the Intention to bn.se the plane nt Prince George during the com'.ng summer, and to bid on .such business as is offering in the mining "districts of the north. The plnne will be fitted with txmtoons and make use of Slx-MUe or Summit Lake, as is found mast convenient. Accompanying Pilot Corles� on the trip from Vancouver was W. Jacquot. his a.ir-engirieer, and Prank Cotter, of Seattle td I th publication of
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Liberal government, under which Di Wrincih. the sitting member for Skeena, had received a'rebate of $700 en account, of taxes, on the .Assumption the lands in question had bee) wrongly classified as agricultural land Instead of sub-divided lands.
Both Mr. Manson and Dr. Wi'lncl feet when Hon
gr, and Prank Cotter, o who i.> interested In the publication of a mining journal devoted to mineral development of Northern 13. C. nnd Alaska. �
Pilot Corless says he had on uneventful 11'11> from Vancouver ns far as Quesncl. whore he encountered a heavy snowstorm and was forced to moke a two-day,.stopover. He says the machine he has la an economical one nch in operation, lining but ten gallons of Mr. j ga.s per flying hour. The motor is now erhaul Corless se-
j g p u
his demand for the re- j being given an overhaul. Corless se-
Shelly made his domain oi t_ht n ��� B � ed bftck - prinC(1 GcorgP
slgnations. but the objectiqnjraa^gn | no P ^ ^
that each had spoken J^^gjg^ Urinver^wheri further information as but that the
tion wsik taken i nior s ach had spoken in the budget within , and could'not be permitted to I cduver, -wheri further infom
i' urn thnt the I to the business offering for the plane
.second speech;
uiiikn a .second speech; i opportunity would present itself in-the
IO XI1U l)U.>.jn .... w..v
during the summer may be available.
i discussion on the estimates. i It is no small advantage to havt
The amendment to the budget nio- j plane operating oi.it of the city, and il tion, condemning the extravagance'.';of is hoped the new venture will prove the-government, which was moved by profitable, although mining develop-' ' "'"m1 mrnnhpr for i ment In the northern part (*f the
Is estimated the ^f^,, Snow budget to the extent of $2,500,000.
a few flakes of snow as covering, til stead, this proved to be ice. and when Mr. Wright lost h'u balance he was struck with great force by the front E*-eos of the caboose. .
In the space of two car lengths tne conductor was kept in a continuous soinning motion, and it^was fbtt that the coach was the lasj^car on the train, as when he was struck by the rear\teps of the coaoh his.body was hurled across the tracks
the -government, which was moved by p Gcorge S. Pearson, Liberal member for i ment in the Nanaimo, was voted down on a dlvi- province has lon of 34 to 11 after which the debate ! result of low
anaimo, was voted down o lon of 34 to 11. after which the debate on the original motion was continued lion, MKzie minister o
e original motion was continued, W. A'. McKenziie, minister, of fihtig speech
g
northern par been slowed tlowti metal prices.
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WEATHER REPORT
mines, contributing a fighting speech j
in support of the government policies. I- -Generally fair and wanner weather
" ��nioriv orttiris" and cool nights.'
NEW YORK FLIER
COMMISSIONED TO
, with southerly winds'and cool nigh I is the prediction of R. B. Carter, i meteorological agent, for t nj
MMISSIONED | days. For the "�*endin KTu ay,
net TCVC C1TRVTVORS March 17th, them were 13 hours anct .RELIEVE bUKYlVUKO j3g mlnutes of bright .sunshine, and
New York, Mar. 18�Bernt Balchen, a well-known Arctic airman, has been commls?ione"d by the moving picture syndicate which tiad the seal'aig vessel Viking under charter for the taking of rticturps of sealing operations, to fly from Boston to Horse Island, off the tcbast of Newfoundland, with medical supplies and food for the relief of 120 ^>rv.'�ors who are marooned at that point. .
of one inch. The temperatur<
a precipitation of .27 maximum and minimum leadings for the period were: Wednesday '. Thursday
Friday ....... 22
Saturday 38
Sunday.............'... 48
Monday.................................. 46
Tuesday.................................... 50
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