o^ CITIZEN & VOL. 15, No. 10 Hockey Sticks and Sweaters Cause Friction Gty Council Refuses Payment of Bill for Their Purchase by School Trustees ILLEGAL EXPENITURE This Is the Finding of the City Solicitor on Reference from Municipal Council There are troublesome times ahe�*d for the members of the board of school trustees. Not only are they faced with the possibility of having to levy a tax upon the parents of some of the children attending the public and high schools to assist in the cost of school administration, but they have fallen foul with the grey-beards on the. city council, and all over some expenditures they made with a view to promoting amateur sport among the children. The offending bill made its appearance at "the last meeting of the city council in the form of a statement of the amount due for the purchase of sweaters and hockey sticks for high school pupils, the same being set out at $32.70. This statement did not include the full cost of the sweaters, as some years ago the trustees set up a 50-50 arrangement under which they financed one-half the cost of sporting equipment after the pupils had raised their hall. As the arrangement is of some years standing the city council doubtless approved of the payment of the trustees' half, although seemingly the members are unaware of it. Probably the matter was carried through under the convenient head of miscel- j laneous, the Valhalla for most questionable expenditures in public ac- j counts. Emboldened, however, by former successes the school trustees last week spurned the safety of the miscellaneous coverage, and shot the bald account in' to the city council for payment. "$32.70 for hockey sticks and sweaters "provided for high school pupils." and then the fat was in the fire. Alderman T. A. Griffith and the members of the municipal finance committee, are having as much dif-ficutty^itf" TSalan&ng their-budget �s is Han. J. W. Jones, who is performing a like service for the Tolmie government, and they looked askance at the little raiding venture of the board of school trustees, which sought to set them back another $32.70. PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN; /THURSDAY, MARCH 10, NO DEVELOPMENTS IN THE LINDBERGH KIDNAPPING CASE Hopewell, N.J. Mar. 10�Up to vs morning there were no developments in the celebrated Lindbergh kidnapping case. The return of the child to his parents, which had been confidently predicted for the past two or three days has not materialized. There are those who believe that Colonel Lindbergh has established communication with the kidnappers, and that the child will be returned as soon as this can be done with reasonable safety. There is a less hopeful air around the LAnctbei'gh home, however, than was evidenced in the earlier stage of the kidnapping; Mrs. I/ndbergh Ls now snowing the effect of the great strain to which she has been subjected to for.more than a week, and there is a fear Five Cents FORD'S DEARBORN PLANT* SCENE OF COMMUNIST RIOT Mob of 3000 Made Attempt to Invade Company Premises and Four Killed Detroit, Mar. 7�The announcement of Henry Ford of his -intentions to considerably extend the scope of his company's operations within the month met an adverse reception from the Communist element in the state. This resulted in a mob of 3000 persons marching on the company plant at Dearborn. The leaders of the mob assert they had no intention of doing more than presenting terms to the company to govern its wage scale, but demonstrators got out of hand when they met with unexpected opposition on the part of officials of the company. The rioters did considerable damage to t!he plant*before a call was ARISTlDE BRIAND PASSED AWAY IN PARIS ON MONDAY Taken With Heart Attack, Died in His Apartments Within a Few Minutes Paris, Mar. 8�Artstide known throughout Europe Briand, as the apostle of peace, was taken with a heart attack yesterday afternoon and died in his apartment in this city within a few minutes. ArLstide Briand was 69 years old, and after he reached maturity gave his life to the cause of France". He was twenty-five times a member of the French government. she will suffer a collapse. No new sent in for the police. In the fighting Hnr,, h�� K....,� ��,.,.,........., u.. ..... I which f6Uoe?1 f^ f th ^^ �8 dues have been uncovered by the police. killed and thirty-five more or less seriously injured. and occupied eleven tames. the post of premier He retired from the Government Cuts Off Direct Relief for Unemployed Men Will be Required to Work a Sufficient Time to Earn #30.00 per Month TO RECEIVE �7.50 IN CASH Municipalities are Instructed to Require Labor Return for all Assistance on Monday and will be held in readiness for further developments. Twenty-nine persons said to have been implicated in the disturbance have been placed under arrest. School Teachers Willing to Take Cut in Salaries Have Notified Board of School Trustees the Cut to Come Into Effect April 1st EFFECTS GOOD SAVING Will Absorb Loss to City Due to New Scale Will Go Into Effect Laval ministry some montlis ago when its reorganization was undertaken, and went to his home in the country for a rest, He suffered from an affection of the heart, but three weeks ago announced he had made such a recovery as would permit him to take a hand in the approacliing French Detroit, Mar. 8�The national niard I electloni3- Ab�ut a week Ugo he had a has been mobilized as the result of the j relaPse- and returned to this city to rioting at the Fordl plant at Dearborn kecp m touch with heart specialists. | Aside from the securing of world peace, and the promoting of the Briand-Kellogg peace pact M. Briand's great desire was the organization of the central states of Europe into a. com-mercr.al union, which lie called the United States . of Europe. This he would doubtless have accomplished but for the lack of credit on the part of �most of the members of the suggested union. The members of the municipal finance committee are quite aware of the difficulty attending the proper garbing of the budding athletes numbered among the school pupils, and the trustees have their sympathy, even though this has no immediate market value. Prom time to time there has been purchased by the different recreation agencies in Prince George enough uniforms and sweaters to clothe all the athletes attending the Olympic meeting, but they haye melted away so mysteriously that there are scarcely enough odds and ends left to outfit a single team. The board of school trustees was not the first organization to throw 'teelf into the breach in the desperate effort to see to it that the youthful talent of the town should be able to appear in smart togs, if it were only for!|a week or two. but the board was the only body which endeavored to saddle the cost of their expenditures for sporting- equipment upon the taxpayers of the city. The Prince George Athletic Association and a number of subsidiary athletic organizations have wrestled with the problem of uniforming the city athletes young and old. but they were operating with private funds, and what they did was not everybody's business. Even that estimable organization known as the Prince George Women's Institute had its experience with the uniforming of athletes, but it did not cost the ladies anything in the way of coin of the realm. When they butted in the girls in the high school were organizing their first "gym" and they had to be uniformed. The ladies found, however, they were much behind the times. The pantaloons and skirts which they agreed to furnish we scorned by the girls, who demanded the utmest freedom such as only-fcould be secured in an open-backed one-piece bathing suit, and so the interest of the Women's Institute :n "gym" suits died aborning. Aside from the slight informality involving public money the school trustees worked out a satisfactory solution of the uniform difficulty. On their j>0-50 proposition the pupUs found half the cost of sporting equipment, and Santa daus or the city council found t-he balance, but the equipment always I'emained th^-property of the school ^ard Under this arrangement the of school trustees held the right m> replevin uniforms that went fish-�e. or should stray into a summer Their place was in the locker L* ^ use 1� authorized sport, the trustees had little patience in matter of uniforms which were �^ All might have continued. *�? trustees had continued fro ttJ little "$32.70 chick" un- on Page Three) the Reduction in Salary Grant by Government The teachers of the city schools liave contributed to the solving of the difficulties of the board of school trustees which arose in coiuiection with the adjustment ol salaries, following the announcement by the government of its intention to substanially reduce the amount of the grants on account of salaries. When the intimation first came of the cut in government grants it was the! general expectation the board of school trustees would reduce salaries, to such an extent at least as would equalize the cut in the government grant, but this the trustees considered they would be unable to do until ..the close of the school year, by reason of the nature of the agreements entered into with the teachers. which might entitle them to rank as School Teachers Salaries are to be Standardized GoW Gravels of Province Opened to Unemployed With Opening of School Term in September CURBS SCHOOL BOARDS Effort Will Be Made to Cut Out Competition Which Has Been Cause of Salary Increases Victoria. Mar. 8�The department of education has abandoned the proposal of making the boards of school trustees in incorporated areas subservient to the municipal councils. It is be- l:eved the school will be made subject to checks in expenditures, but they will preserve a measure of independence. The government's action is in line with the position taken by Hon. Joshua Hinchliffe, min'ster of. education, in his address to the Union of B. C. Municipalities, when he gave contracts until the expiry of the school j his 'V1QV.S on the standardizat'ng of year. teachers' salaries, and the necessity This view of the school trustees was j for curbing some of the school boards �.supported by Dr. S. J. Willis, superin- ln the cities in the matter of admin- tendent of education, but apparently was not concurred "in by Hon. Joshua istration expenditures. address Mr. Hinchliffe The provincial government has decided to virtually suspend direct relief throughout the province. The men in the several feeding camps are to_ be put to work. Each man will .be required to work 120 hours during the month, for which he wM.l be credited at the rate, of 25 cents per hour, which will give an earning capacity of $30.00 per month. From this amount a deduction of S22.50 will be made for board and lodging and the remaining $7.50 will be pard in cash to cover incidentals. All able-bodied men in receipt of indirect relief are to be required to give a certain amount of work for the relief extended, otherwise the relief will be cut off. The municipalities throughout the province are being circularized" by the deputy provincial secretary and instructed to discontinue all direct relief to which the provincial authority is a contributor. In Prince George tihe greater part of the relief extended j has been direct, it having been found j impracticable to lay out relief work | dxiring the winter months. The communication directed to the city council I reads as follows : "The unemployment relief comm,*t-tee of the executive council are of the opinion that the principle of work in return for relief should be extended, wherever practical, to cover the cases of perscitj in receipt of direct relief in cities and municipalities, and who cannot be employed In relief camps. "It is suggested that every individual receiving relief should be required to-work for so long as may be necessary to equal the amount of such relief. Payment may be made in cash at tthe discretion of the city, and it is hoped that, to a very great extent,'jthis will obviate the continuance of the system of giving out reLief orders. It is undermines, has a bill before the provincial! stood, of course, that in. no instance legislature the terms of which will will a man be paid a larger ftura than Government Will Issue Certificates and Make all Records . Without Charge IN EFFECT ^EXT MONTH Concession Restricted to Placer Claims as Defined by the Existing Placer Act Hon. W. A. McKenzie. minister of i | xn jsjj cin ess Air. runciiuiie sau Hinchliffe. the head of the depart-1 nle selection of Judge H. S. Cayley, ment. who later questioned the right j Of Vancouver, as chairman--of the of y school trustees to obligate their special committee appointed to stan- successors in any way by entering into contracts with teachers as to -salaries for a period exceeding that of the trustees' office. In other words the minister held it was not competent for dardize the teacher's salaries, would enable the committee to complete its labors so that teachers' salaries may be standardized before the commencement of the school term in September. one board of trustees to bind its sue- j This committee cons'sts of nine re-ce^sor in the matter of salaries. ! presentatives of the teachers, and nine On Wednesday afternoon the mem- j c'hers. three of wliich will be appoint-bers of the local teaching staffs took | ed by the government, three by the the matter into their own hands and school trustees' association, and three decided to cut the Gordian knot which by the Union of B. C. Municipalities. cpen the placer gravels of the province to the unemployed without cost to them, either by way of the purchase a free miner's certificate, or recording fees of any description. This concession will be appreciated in the mining centers of the province, although it may escaj>e much attention in the cities. In many pans of the province there are streams from which gold may be washed and small wages earned, and advantage has been taken of the situation to such an extent that Hon. Mr. McKenzie decided it would be to the benefit of many of the unemployed to open all the gravels to them without cost of any kind. Scores of men out of employment have showed a willingness to put in a stiff day's work in washing gold, rather than accept government, relief. The work, while not sufficiently remunerative to engage them wnen conditions are normal, becomes attractive when they arc had occasioned the trustees so much j '\n an address before the convention. | out �f employment, out of money, and difficulty, and to advise the board of the minister.explained the reasons for -have nothing but government relief in their willingness, to accept a cut the appointment of a special commit- in their-existing salar'es. the same i tee. mainly to brim- under control that to take effect as from the first of next '............. �..... .....�::. * ....�. month, the date uixm which the cut in the government grant becomes oper- dardization of the s attve This action having been decided i tion between varioui upon the teachers decided to notify the � members of the board of school trustees in the following letter addressed to P. C. Saunders. secretary: At a joint, meeting of the Public audi Referring to the .- staff i resolution em-1 boards with municipal councils, Mr. 3 Swing ^SSdes �s Hinchliffe stated: "I might as well tell you now. so fur as the school boards are concerned, it would not oe. bodying the following adopted. The teachers of the Prince Oeorge schools staff voluntarily offer a reduction amounting to eight p�r cent prospect. The new legislation, wliich is entitled "An Act to Facilitate the Discovery and Working of Placer M'nes," is to be brouhgt into effect on March 31st of this year, after which date even- person who has reached the age of eighteen years, and has been a resident i- the province for six months, shall vc free to locate and i work any unoccupied placer ground in j the province without/ government charge of any kind, upon beconvng a provisional free miner. Tills is done by applying' at any mining recorder's office in the pro-wise to have "them entirelysubservient;J yince .-and establishing to the sat:s- large expenditure of municipal school boards, teachers' salaries. By a stan-satar'es. competitions municipalities and tihe larger centers would be eliminated and would co a long way in supplanting: the proposed scheme of bringing school administration under | the control of municipal councils. of school to the councils. It Ls fortunate in one way and unfortunate in another that salary -schedule Ls not high, and that the cost of living in Prince Goorge ?s high in comparison, we hope that the Beard will recognize this as a temporary measure, and that readjustments be effected when business conditions 'mprove. In new of the low salary scale thus established we hope that the Board will also consider granting the regular annual increments: Signed on behalf of the Public and High Schools staff, T. ,S. CARMICHAEL. C. A. SCOTT. On the school board's salary esti- as much the little municipalities d children of to see that they have just ns good a teacher as the children in thr big cities, such as Vancouver and Victoria. It is only faction of the recorder that he or she has reached the required age. and been a resident of the province for the re-quird length of time. Having done so. tiie certificate is issued w-thout charge. This certificate entitles the holder to locate, record, rep&sent and work placer claims of a size. a�district, where a great number of voluntary reduction agreed to by the {]>eople of British Columbia gob all the teachers will mean a saving to the j schooling they ever had." He explainer1 city of approximately $1,250 for the j these boards had no authority to �even months of the fiscal year in ! spend a dollar without first having thf which it will be operative, and will admit of a revision of the board's estimate which ss to be the subject of joint consideration on Monday evening married couples, by the city council and members of >� "�- �-<-the school board. By their action the teachers have absoirbed the whole of the reduction in the government grant on account of salaries. approval of the taxpayers, and related what might happen if a majoir.ty o' the taxpayers were bachelors or ole "The municipal �ihool board should not continue to hold the power it ho. today, no more than the rurat boarr" should suffer from the lack of powers,' (Cont'nued on Page Three) j No fees shall be payabe with respect to the issuance of any provisional free miner's certificate, nor in connection with the recording or recording of any claim located or held under the act, but no record or record of any claim shall be granted for ,i longer period tlian one year. The act further provides that failure to maintain a provisional free miner's certificate unexph'ed shall not in itself work a forfeiture of any right or otherwise affect the title to any placer claim located and recorded under the act. but the person named in an unexpired provisional free miner's cerificate. shall before being entitled to rerecord be required to produce an unexpired provisional free miner's certificate held by him. It is made optional for any provisional free miner at any time during tihe .continuance of the special il he requires for tJxe purchase of the necessities of life. r "This arrangement can possibly be put into effect at any early date, but of course, care must be taken to see that where a. man has obtained supplies to. cover a '.specified i>eriod lie is not employed in such a way as to receive payment in cash or supplies to cover the same ]>eriod or portion thereof. "The committee are of the opinion that if there should be any case in which the applicant, without good reason therefor, declines to work, as above outlined, he should automatically cease to be eligible for relief of any kind. "The department appreciates that there will be difficulty in individual case?, but the principle that each man receiving relief should be required to work Is sound, and it is hojsed that you will be able to cany out the above suggestions. "The arrangement, of course, will not affect the requirements of tihe department in respect to particulars of number of pemons receiving direct relief, amounts, etc., dealt with in previous communications. P. WALKER. Deputy Provincial Secretary. EAMON DE VALERA HAS TAKEN OVER FREE STATE GOVERNMENT Dublin, Mar. 9�Eamon de Valera. who for years has been trie stormy petrel of Irish politics, and consistently opposed the administration of former Premier Cosgrave for ten years, took over the government ot the Irish Free State today, and submitted the names of h!i> ministers to the governor-general. There is admittedly some question a.s to whether de Valera will be able to control the Dail for any length of time, as much will turn upon the strength he will secure- from the members of the La-bor party. Eamon de Valera was bom in New York. His father was a Spaniard and his mother an Irish woman, but despite his name de Valera has always, been Irish to Hie core.. with strong anti-British leanings. Don Smith, a resident of Dun-.>ter, was taken off Wednesday morning's train on a stretcher and removed to the city hospital He was severely injured by being ruin over by a team of horses in the vicinity of Dunster. He is .receiving treatment from Dr. E. j. Lyon. under the provisions of the Placer Mtriiner Act and rerecord his claim under the provisions of the said act. The lieutenant-governor in coiinc*] is given power to make regulations for the carrying out of the true intent of trie act and to determine the time it to take out a free miner j certificate shall lemairi iai OT>*raUon.