PRINCE , GEORGE CITIZEN, CITIZFJ Louis Carson in Race for His Life Around a House prince George Man Cut Corners so Fast That Assailant Failed to Hit Him N0 WARNING OF ATTACK "r . �. T yet lifted the veil which shrouded Unable to get His Man McLeese captain Wanderwell's past. The name Turned Rifle ori Himself i he went under ^ said to have been WALTER JAMES GUY IS CHARGED WITH THE WANDERWELL MURDER Los Angeles, Dec. 13-On the strength of new evidence which has been uncovered the police have censed upon Walter James Guy, a youthful Welshman, as the murderer of the mysterious ' Captain Walter Wan'ltr-well, on his yacht Carma, off Long Beach. Captain Wanderwell wws murdered when he was about to start on a world cruise with a party of a THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1932 �^W* Five Cents Pty of a dozen passengers. The police have not t Uftd With Fatal Result man whose parents live in George, was woumded in a shooting urday affray at Rose Lake on Sat-' Pt ML assumed. He is saM to have been a German spy during the War and a soldier of fortune "since, but always possessed of ample means. The suspect Guy is said to have been a member of the yacht's, crew on at least one of its cruises, and to have had a violent quarrel with Wanderwell. The victim afternoon and Peter McLeese t of 45 years and a resident of, of tne snooting was a resident of Van_ Lake, who did the shooting is couver Island fQr a considerable pe_ dead. It due to jealousy Rse The story reaching �d' 8nd some cieht ried o jeay ried ^ GiMs Hail( da here-from Rose Lake, located-on the i H G Hallj of Victoria Williams Lake-Horsefly road, is that weU ddld his horse and arm- GiMs Hail( daughter of Mrs L saddled his horse and arm- her two children years respectiveiy, were Wander. six and eese s g^^ years respectiveiy, were ^^p himself with a rifle rode over to, on the yacht when Captaln wander- three miles dis murdered. -o- S Bose"place soms three miles dis- �u" tant When ho arrived young Carson and Jim Base were engaged in sawing DAVID LEEMING HAD wood Without a word of warning; McLeese is said to have opened fire on Carson. Carson was struck in one arm below the elbow. He did not fall, but dropping his end of the crosscut HARD ELECTION FIGHT WITH E. B. ANDROS Victoria, Dec. 9�Mayor David Leem- nan. started for cover behind the Rose, ing was re-elected in yesterday's may-dwelling, with McLeese following on oralty race' with ex-alderman E. B. hi:- horse. The turns were short which j Andres. Mayor Leeming's vote was doubtless saved Carson's life. As the 3,032 and that of Mr. Andros 2,779. In two circled around the house Jim Rose � the aldermanic race Alderman R. T. followed McLeese calling upon him to ] w'lliams headed the poll with 2,765 deffst. but the latter paid no atten- j votes ti^ other successful candidates tion to him. McLeese fired three shots j were Dr. J. D. Hunter, Walter Luney, more at Carson but failed make an- j Alderman James Adam and Andrew other hit. He then wheeled his horse McGavin. Alderman T. W. Hawkins and made off in the direction from which he had came. Later the body of , McLeese was found some d'stance away. He had evidently turned .the rifle on himself, blowing the top off his head. Carson's wound Is not con- ridered serious. The coroner will con- i PREMIER BENNETT MAY duct an inquest ?nto the death of McLeese. H. O. Litchfield were numbered thirteen unsuccessful aspirants. school board election resulted in the re-election of trustees P. K. George W. C. Moresby and George Jay. MAYOR L. D. TAYLOR RE-ELECTED WITH BIG PLURALITY YESTERDAY ASK BRITAIN TO SHUT OUT RUSSIAN IMPORTS London, Dec. 13�Premier Bennett Local Airport ot Included in Relief Program If Work Extends Into Summer it May Be Improved By The Federal Authority Council Rejects Request of W. Cheer to be Placed on the City Relief List Prince George will not benefit from the relief work being undertaken by the department of national defence in the preparing of landing fields across the province., This work has been restricted to the southern portion of the province, and at the request of the council Mayor Patterson addressed a communication to the department calling its attention to the landing f eld in this city which has been partially prepared by the municipality. The reply of the department was not enthusiastic. It intimated it would not be feasible to undertake any work on the Prince George landing field during the winter, but intimated if this nature of relief is continued into the summer the request with respect to the Prince George field will be given consideration. � Mayor Patterson said he had intimated in his letter it would not bt possible for the city to make furthsr expenditures in connect'on with the landing ffeld, but it had been the hope of members of the council that the department of national defence might include the local landing f'.eld in its program and make such improvements as would enable the city to secure an airport licence. Mayor Patterson ie-minded the council there was still some clearing to be attended to between the P.G.E. NEGOTIATIONS ARE REPORTED FROM VICTORIA AS OFF runways and there is nothing in vhe j jy^ Victoria, Dec. 14�It was reportM at the par; him eat buildings today that the United States syndica.* which has been negotiating for months for the purchase of the P. G. !E. has failed to post the deposit of $500,000 required by the government as an evidence of good faith, and from this the statement is made that the deal with this syndicate for the purchase of the railway is off. It is understood the time for the posting of the $500,000 was set for December 5Kh, but it is not likely this date would be rigidly enforced if the other features of the sale agreement commended themselves to the government." The purchase agreement involved ah ultimate expenditure of $45,000,000 so the deposit of $500,000, wliich is said to have been defaulted, could not be considered as more than an evidence of good faith on the part of the intending purchasers, and had it been met the government would have requ'.r-ed further guarantees for the carrying out of the contract. If, as is intimated/ the deal for the sale of the railway to this syndicate is off, it will be disappointing io a large section of the province which hoped through the sale to secure release for the province from its heavy railway obligations in the matter of interest. There is a suggestion negotiations may be opened with one or two of the other syndicates which evidenced a desire to acquire the railway the heavy land, subsidy which to go with it, but the syndicate reported as having defaulted was looked upon as the/best bet for a sale, and the present outlook cannot be regarded as other than less favorabje^uian it was a week ago. � mas today upon matters cd with the empire trade agreements,^Re- Vancouver, Dec. 15-Mayor^LD.; te are current tne Cana^ pre-Tayior was re-elected mayor of Van- ^ ^ request Great ^ to in_ couver yesterday with a plurality over Fred Crone, his closest competitor, whieri may run close to 5000. T. W. Retcher and Alderman Bennett, the other two mayoralty candidates trailed Crone several hundred votes behind. voke article 21 of the^fcrade agreement, under which imparts would be prohibited from/Ony country the' industries of^which are state-owned or state^eoiitrolled. This would solve of the difficulty Canada has competition. The greatest issue in the election *T�fexrier>enCe& in the matter of Russian peared to be the physical condition of Mayor Taylor, who suffered^a severe illness during the pasfyear. The mayor did his utmost^to create the impression he was^nentally and physically fit, asserting that he was all right fronv-the neck up in any event. Thej^itepayers rejected the four money 1-�Vancouver, Dec. 13�Chief Justice 'ylaws submitted by substantial ma- Morrison has refused the application VANCOUVER ELECTORS PERMITTED TO VOTE ON SWEEPSTAKES way of housing or shelter on the bonding field. Alderman Armstrong, who had iieen largely instrumental in having the matter taken up with-^the dominion authorities, said ihe'ehief object had been to' retein^the position of Prmco George onxtne air-map. The federal government had completely ignored, the ral portion of the province as of- to the coast. Although no promise of immediate assistance had been received through the correspondence the attention of the government had been directly, called to the Yellowhea.i Pa^s y, as offering an excellent route through l SPECTOR ROMANCES ON HOSPITAL QUILT OF PRINCE GEORGE GIRLS Sheriff Peters Burns Lake, Dec. 12�Recent visitors to the Burns Lake hospital were loud in their praises of the Women's Missionary Society of the Un'ted Church of Canada. Strolling through the immaculately kept wards, they visited an old Scotch prospector, crippled from a long experience in the mountains of Central B. C. Asked if he wanted anything, he replied, "No, I'm weel supplied with everything!." pointing with pride to the coverlet of his cot. "I occupy the the Rocky Mountains and jorities. Vancouver, Dec. 15�Complete re- to have the city council restrained from taking a pleb'ccite on the desires in yesterday's elect: on place the! ability of permitting the holding of Taylor veto at 14.924, Cron^ 10.209, j sweepstakes for certain specified chari-Fletcher 8,326, and Bennett 3,225. The' table purposes. The chtef justice electors expressed themselves strcngly said he saw nothing in the tak-:n favor of sweep-takes lor hospital; ing of the proposed plebiscite other Purposes, the votes being 25,735 in the | than an attempt on the part of the affirmative and 9,774 opposed. The city of Vancouver to tender gratuitous daylight saving proposal was defeated advice to the federal government in with an affirmtive vote of 11,781 and the matter of permitting sweepstakes. a negat'.ve vote of 23,615. The pro- -------------n------------- JKsal to amend the city charter so as! MUNROE MILLER, DEAN ltr0 permit the operation of a municipal bus service or the gi anting of a franchise for such a service was ap-� w -fi an affirmative vote of wd a negative vote of 10.218. suit in further examination of it. As he understood the matter the fields being prepared in the southern uor-tion of the province are to be used by planes engaged m the carriage of mail and he contended there was no warrant for permitting the assumption the southern portion of the province afforded the only practicable atr-route. Alderman Armstrong, as chairman of the health committee, was commis-s'oned to set a standard to be met bv undertakers in connection with the burial of indigents. The city pays $30 for these burials and contends for this amount it. 'g entitled to a decent-looking coffin of stained or covered re- j time fancying what has become of all OF B. C. PRINTERS IS VICTIM OF INFLUENZA the bairns whose names are worked on this quilt. Mony's the web of romance ! I've wove aboot them." Here's a list of all of them. ' Mayhap ye ken some of them, as the quilt came from Prince ! George, and a Prince George mon built this hospital." His highly prized list read a-3 follows C.G.I.T.. Prince George, 1925-26�L. \ Butler, Allan. J. W. Lyon.1 J. P. C.,\ J. A. M., Mary Ranger, D'xie, Dorothy, Jenn, Lillian. Jerry. Violet, Pearl, Katherine, Rachel, Eilleen. Marjorie, i Nellie Ranger, Gwen. Mary Ellen,! Gladys, Helen, Violet, Dora, Margaret, i Ruby, Ernestine. Ida. Angeline. Jean. 1 UNITED STATES WILL for His Liberty Court of Appeal Splits on Application for Attachment Writ Against Him TROUBLE OVER COSTS Majority of Court Rules Against Mrs. Overn by Reason of Delayed Action Ernest S. Peters, the venerable sheriff of Cariboo, has escaped the immediate prospect of spending the rest of his days in jail, or until such time as he could dig up the sum-of $949, the difference between tlie amount he pa'd into court and the amount which it is alleged he should have paid in. This is but another phase of the famous Strand vs. Ovem litigat'on, which eventually enmeshed the Hudson's Bay Company, Sheriff Peters and others in its coils. The first round went to Strand who was o.wavded judgement Judge Robertson. Under this the^pfop-erty of the defendant, a post at Whitewater, meny/miles north of Prnce George, was/taken in execu-. tion and sold. This provide^'' for the entrance of the Hudson's Bay Company into the controversy, as the Company of Adventurers Trading into Hudson's Bay ame the purchasers of the trading post, paying $4949 for it. In the' ensuing lit'gation, in the way .of appeal after appeal, the.Hudson's Bay Company, the sheriff and others were added as parties. Honors were fairly even until the case reached the supreme court of Canada when Mrs. Elizabeth Overn, of Vancouver, was awarded judgment for damages in the sum of $11,000. This judgment upset the sale of the trading post by the sheriff, and obVgated him to pay the proceeds of the sale into court. This he did with the exception of his costs, figured at $949. Then followed the attempts to recover the $949 from the sheriff. Chief Justice Morr'son. in ! the supreme court, dismissed an appli-j cation for a writ, and from this Mrs. f Overn appealed to the court of appeal j for the. province for a writ of attach-; ment. asra'nst the sheriff. i Although the court of nr>T>cal u^* ; divided on the issue Mrs. Ovem lost and the sheriff won.. Chief Justice J. A. MacDonald and Justice M. A. Mac-Donald held the appeal had failed by reason of the delay in invoking the legal process. Justice Martin, in a dissenting judgment, favored .allr>winrr the appeal to the extent of directing the sheriff to pay the money as ordered. Whether this will end the matter, or whether it will be carried to the supreme court of Canada, rema'ns to be seen. All in all the litigation over what was originally a small amount has become a cause celebre, in which the costs have piled up to such an extent as to make the amount awarded as damages insignificant. Marie. Eva, Clara. Myrtle, Maxine,; wood, but it has not been getting the i pem, Edith. Marv Sle^sor. Ruth. Mar-service. At the most recent indigent | uerite. Marie. Ellen. Lois, S.L.G.Y.B.. | burial the services was so cheapened I Andrew. Muriel. Sidney President Wm. j that even the handles were omitted; Ferry, 1924-25. R.R.H.M. RECEIVE FOUR-FIFTHS OF DEBT PAYMENT ------- I railway company's coment plant, the gve vote 01 lO.'-Jia. \ Victoria. Dec. 13�James Munroe, � .�� ^ . $74 g() The y aldermen elected are Daryl Kent.' Miller, the dean of the printers of the *; Lr 7, ed dotm cn November 14th r d td a vie ' from the coffin. Unemployment relief matters occupied much of the time of the council. Tl-ie most interesting development was the receipt of the application of Walter Cheer to be placed back on the relief list. During the summer months the anulicant had been employed at the � "�.. the plant i And the old hard rock miner only j wished that he could send them all his best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Hanpy New Year, in return for ; their stitches of love. _______,,_________! LIBERALISM WILL FURNISH SOLUTION OF CANADA'S PROBLEMS eected are Daryl Kent.Mille, George Miller, Alderman H. province, passed away yesterday a vie- hi fit i ill W. W. Smith, Alderman pr, p tim of influenza, his first serious ill- -�.~i �� , YV.S31IU.WI, rViUCillitVlJ oiui <-"� m.k�i*^��~".�> �---- ------- �- waiter Deptford.and W. J. Tw!-3s. Al- ness in a life-span of eighty-six years fm� e. W. Dean and W. H. Lembke' For many years the deceased was the the defeated candidates. I outstandno: printer and bookbinder in e Mackenzie King, leader of the asserted that in. Lib?r- ian in socialism or PAYMENT APPROXIMATES 200 TONS OF GOLD BnS�n' Dec- ^-The dec'sion of the j the province. In ! was employed in the health ment of the provincial government ^ WEATHER REPORT There is still no prospect for a break . the war debts in gold for the week-end are for owing to frost and the men received j Montreal, Dec. 13�Speaking in this their Fnal cheque at the end of the j c=tv Mackenzie month. The member? of the 'Council J ttberal party, f were of the opinion Jylr. Cheer was too j alism! rather I precipitate in turning in his appl'ca- ] comrhimsrri, would; be found the solu-! tion for relief and that with the money i tion for the problems now facing the ! he had earned he should be able to i Canadian people. Socialism he said de- ! support Himself and fanrly during the j manded too much from the state, com-greater part of the winter. His ap-' plication was not; entertained. On motion of Alderman Opie. 50-Alderman Taylor, City State! on war debts in gold dispatch to the United ^ ! pch to the United go ^approximately 200 tons of have h numerous1 other payments oeen made hv nra->f t>,.Hc.s-, m n cn made by Great ' war debts "'tish and United States se-�JJurrency involved being some reason not de-the Brit'sh government the payment due to-in gold. This action taken to impress upon now impracticable any sub-repayrnent of war debts would r'r and cold weather. For the week ending Tuesday, December 13th. there were 28 hours nnd 18 minute? of sunshine, with no precipitation. The lowest temperature reading for the winter stands' at 26 degrees below zero. The max'-mum nnd minimum readings for the week \ve"e: ' i Wedne.iday Thursday . . Friday ................ "4 -M r satawtoy. �.�.:.....:........�............ 0-^23.5- -2 -26 "8 "26 qy Sunday.................................. 5 Monday .............................. 6 Tuesday..........:................����� � ~18 ~16 offieer to conduct the approaching municipal elections. The finance] committee recommend-ed the payment of accounts in tho rum of SI.410. CALGARY GIRL MEETS DEATH IN HER BATH Calgary, Dec. 13�Gladys Parsons, a twenty-year-old student, was electrocuted in her bath last night-when she, thoughtlessly handled a small electric heater. murdsm sought to take something from somebody else, while liberalism taught people to endeavor tej help themselves. SENATOR J. H. ROSS DIED SUDDENLY IN VICTORIA TUESDAY Washington, Dec. 14�The tions today are that the United States will receive four-fifths of the December installments on account of European war debts, with France, Belgium. and Poland defaulting. Secretary of .the Treasury Mils made the statement the amounts involved in the dsfault of the-e three countries will have to b? assumed by the taxpayers of the United States. Former Premier Herriot has notified the government that owing to his government having been defeated on his recommendation for the payment of t.he December installment of the French debt he, is without power to continue further 'negotiations with regard to the debt. Feeling in Paris is reported as very much opposed to the meeting of the nation's debt under existing arrangements. In the case of Belgium the government of Count de Broqueville submitted a r?commcr.da-t/lon that the December installment of Belgium's debt be not met, and 'then resigned in a body. Victoria. Dec. 14�Senator J. H.Ross, of Moosejaw, Sask., died, suddenly here today while on a v:sit to relatives. The deceased was at one time governor of the Yukon, and it was while holding this post some thirty years aso that he lost his wife and ;nfant child