PRINCE   GEORGE   CITIZEN.
MOONEY. TRIAL WILL
Tolmie is Still Leader of Tories in the Province
Adoption of Resolution by the
Provincial-Executive Did
Not Change Status
HIS UNION PLANS FAIL
Further Re-Organization Will be Made of the Cabinet Before Election Is Called
r. w. Alward, M.L.A., returned to Prir.ce George en Tuesday morning's train, having been detained in Vancouver on business matters since the close of the legislative session. Dr. Al-v;ard had not much to add in the way
1933
Five Cent*
PROBABLY TURN OUT ONE-SIDED PROCEEDING
San Francisco, April 25�The trial of Tom Mooney upon a murder indictment in connection with the attack upon the preparedness parade in 1916, in which ten persons lost their lives, will be opened tomorrow. Mooney was ccnvic .-:d upen one indictment, found guilty and sentenced to death, but .the . lenience was later commuted to one of v.fe imp.ivcnment. He has been a �� prisoner e^er .':ince, and although there is reason to believe some of the evidence piesented against him was perjured, he has never been^able to se-
in the expectation th^dTsU'ictliUornev would be forced to put in a transc-r
ript
of the evidence wlilch Mooney alleges
Conservatives of Fort George for Convention
Request   Provincial   Association to  Call  One at Earliest Possible Date     k,
E. H. Burden Elected President
of Fort George Association
on  Tuesday   Evening
The Conservatives of the Fcrt George riding are not content with the finding of the executive of the B.' C. Conservative association that it Is in-
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Missing Vancouver Teacher was
Murdered Through Agency
Carbon Monoxide Gas
political situation.    A copy of the re- j solution was wired to the secretary of j <"he B.  C. association, _and  forwarded made him a life   D.v mau to the secretaries of all dis-; trict associations throughout the pro-
________                | vince for their endoroation.
Dr.  R. W.  Alward. M.L.A..  was the chief speaker    at    Tuesday evenings mec-tin?. the niernbor for the di' trict making a very frank/statement of the rather    involved    political    situation, which coupled with the suggestion of the executive cf tho B. C. assfcJation �         | that  the Cor.cervative    party    should ICC' t'?.ke no action as a party in the ap-| prosching elections made the approach I of district associations oven more dif-
wa.s perjured. This the district attor- advisable to hold a conventioiv.of the ney says lie will not do, as he could Party prior to the approaching pro-�o-  to  expected   to  present  evidence   vincial elections.   At the 'annual meet-
�.�-.-.--..                   ,          mh of' whlch he questioned. The   ing of the Port George association held
cf information to clarify the provin-.|. opinion, prevails the district attorney! on Tuesday night a resolution offered cial political situation. He intimated ( will net variously attempt to convict by D. G. Williams, was adopted which that congratulations upon- his mclu- | Mooney upon the second indictment asks^the executive to call a provincial son in the Tolmie cabinet would bo , If he is acquitted, by reason of the I convention at as early a date as pas-premature to say the least. He ad-j fact evidence upon which the" state : ���ble. for the purpose of clarifying the niitted there had been more or less' relied on his first trial was not pre-iri the press relative to his- entering j sehted, it i.s assumed he will have a the cabinet, but that was as far-as the .stronger claim for a pardon for the matter had gone. - His view of the: offence which has matter was the pressmen were doing ; prisoner.
the be7t they could at guessing future'--------------<
developments. \y, a member of the executive of the
B.  C. Conservative association he wa.s
present at the meeting in Vancouver, y\ � u in on Saturday last, when the decision w&3 reached by the executive that it would be inadvisable for the Con-erva-tiv party to take r- hand in the approaching provincial election.".. Th �; decls'on was reached after Premier Tolmie had communicated tc the executive he had been unsuccessful in his efforts to form a union government. Th's having been determined the, premier had proceeded to re-organizo iii; cabinet, and he reported having ac -ceptcd the resignations of three of hi<-colleagues�Hon. N. S. Lougherti. minister of lands; Hon. W. Atkinson, minister of agriculture;   and Hon   W.
C.  Shelly, president of the council. Tho premier intimated to the executive lie d;<1 not propose to make any further cabinet changes immediately, but th :se weald come  before  the  elections  pro called, but  they might .be   tentative, with further changes after the election, so that advantage migrht be taken of now cabinet material then available.
Dr. Alward explainpd the  executive meeting held in Vancouver on Satur- �; chy vns in effect a continuation of a , meeting held tihree weeks before.  At j
this first meeting an effort had been!     _v;.:" ,.�..,.��� 1#.....�..., �.!,� ui�,,�    i
made to have the. -executive of the B. 6. Conseryal've association go on record as withdrawing as a body, from participation in the n?xt provincial election. This was shelved by an amendment that the resolution Up on the table until Premier Tolm"'e should submit an outline of policy upon which he proposed to appeal to the electorate.
The requirement of the amendment having been met by the-statement of Premier Tolmie at the Saturday meeting the resolution offered at the for-
ROOSEVELT WILL ASK CONGRESS FOR POWER TO REVISE WAR DEBT
Washington, April 26�rPresident Roosievelt will ask . congress for authority to negotiate with European, powers for a. revision of the wa,r debts due the United States. This it is announced is one of the results to be anticipated following the understanding reached between President Roosevelt and Premier Ramsay MacDonald of Great Brit-tain in their recent conferences.
Premier MaeDohald started on his homeward way today. In referring to his conferences with President Roosevelt he expressed himself as highly pleased with the re-rults of the same, having succeeded even beyond his hepe^ It is unofficially announced that an understanding, virtually reaching to the point of �� agreement, has been reached en the question of a reduction in tariffs, the creation of a central bank for the expansion of credits, the establishment of an in-ternafiional money standard, and the ^desirability of moving; in the direction of substantially improving the status of silver in the monetary systems.
nests for
Plight of School  Children Will
Receive  First Attention  of
the City Council
TAX PENALTY NOW CUT
Further Inspection  of  Premises of  Dairies  Selling  Milk Wifr -B
British Premier Reported Highly
Pleased with Result of His
White House Conference
The greater part of Monday evening's session of the city council was given over to the cons'deration of requests for further relief on the pail, of unemployed or their dependents.  Two of the requests for additional relief, those cf Mrs. Gus Edval and :v�rs. Lapointe�were presented in person, but there were several others submitted in writing. The requests were mainly for add'tional allowances to cover clothing. Those which interested Ills mom brers of the council most were the c'niir/i that some children are being prevented from attending school "by reason' of a lecic cf clotfajrig and jr-rrs. Thfs? ense* will b^> looked into at ones, bein.<+ made the subject of a jo'nt inve.' ..inrtion by Mrs. Julia A. Eoad, public ochool nurse, and the j provincial police. Heretofore the clothing requirements of the children have been looked after by the local community clothes dhesfc organization, but a.s its funds have dried up the matter will demand mere direct attention by "       it             il
RANSOM  DEMANDED
The election of ~ officers wss then proceeded with. E. H. Burden was sleeted'president; O. N. Haydon. vice-president; S. J. Wilt-son, secretary; and Thomas Hughes, treasurer. The! following were elected ns members of RMB      .       i '-ne executive: A. P. Andersen FT. B"-ri-
Body Found 4 Days After Time j shaw. Martin S. Caine, Reginald Dib-
i ble. Frank Green. Levi Graham. James Quayle, D. G. Williams. M. C. Wiggins and A. McB. Your.g.   Hon. R. B. Ben-. ' nett rnd Hon.  S.  F. Tolmie were el-j ected   honorary   presidents,   and   John A. Fraser, M. P., and R. W. Alward, ' M.L.A.   were    elected    honorary   vice-| presidents..               ~?
The meeting was representative of the constituency, being attended by delegates from various sections of the riding as well as officers of local associations.
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city   council.    While    there   has
Roosevelt Intimates  Willingness I been considerable talk as to- children
i being unable to attend school by rea-i '.ion of insufficient clothing there is I reason  to    believe    the    absence    of
__�_                           I clothes   is  made  an   excuse   in   many
Washington,      April    25� President] ca the c:!>e, and- there are hopes he will be able to Mibm.it evidence to Uie ccnorer's jury which will assist in reaching a solution of the mysley. It is expected Mr. Vance will fin:l cvJderce cf poisoning1. Soni? clay adhering t^ the Fhres worn by Ashley, when his body was found may nn ve cf importance in unravelling1 the mystery.
Roosevelt was credited tonight with having expressed his willingness to consider  the United States signing a
eiUs,  and  unwillingness  en   the  part of the children.
Great
Cost of Living is Still Higher Now Than in 1913!
^-----i     RIllS- H- W. Moore, who came from
consultative    pact    with   France   and I Vancouver with    ons    child    to keep to secure the peace oi'; house for Joseph Doncaster, had a vcf that of the j quest in for cloShing for the Doncas-such   a   pact I ter children.   Her request disclor,?d the is the guar- I somewhat unusual position of a man
an tee France desires as a preliminary! on relief paying the fare of a woman to_ disarmament. This suggested pact in Vancouver to come and take is net new to the United States, . It i charge of a family on relief. Should was in principle approved, by former J the practice become general it might President Hoover, but was rejected by | readily increase 'the cost of relief to the senate. Tho object of the pact � the taxpayers. The case will be en-is  to assure France of  a   measure of j quired into.
support in the event of the nation I C. H. Olds made the request that, he being .subjected to attack. With th* j be permitted to work out i.he amount guarantee of a consultative pact it is of his water account. This wa.s referred represented   substantial    disarmament I to the fire and water committee.
could  be  expected  in France,  and
The   council   was
To Show Reduction Comparison
Made With Prices Obtaining
in the Year  1923
Big Drop in Cost of Food but no
Relief in   the  Matter  of
Interest or Taxes
Ashley   was   found   last   nigh
vicinity of t.'r? old Songhee" l.v.
rve.    Tho pol'ce 'assert death
?ed by carbon monoxide pci ;oi
in   receipt   of   a
very largs .sum at present expended for j communication: from the Tranquille military' puiposes made available for Sanitarium, advising that Ruby Wil-thc payriierit. of war debts.-                    liams, a daughter of D.  G.  Williams,
Washington, April 21�The sudden ! had been admitted to that institution] plunge .of the Rcorevelt adm"Jiistration : and that she would be a charge upon in'.o a policy of what the president de- j tfce corporaion at tha rat? of $1.25 por signate'-i as "controlled inflation" cro- i day. An effort will bo made to have rt-jd on international stir. First came this charge parsed along to the fam-t.he placing of an embargo on gold j ;i.v- as the patient has two brothers "hipment:-. and this was followed w'.th   working.
the intrdemction cf a bill in the senate j -There was a.lsp a communication bv Senator McAdpo, former secretary from the Queen Alexandria Solarium, cf the treasury in the .Wilson cabinet,! advising that application had been of a bill to authorize the '��suance cf ', mad? for thp admission of Mary Dnm-38 000.000.000 in Uir'.rd States notes to ianoc, a daughter of Mike Damjanac. refund   the   TOv?rnTneh','s   -short,   te'iri ! 1'he  ch;ld  is  suffering:  from  arrested
in
There is'a lot-of confusion over the | debts  maturing  within  the  next   fivo
"gures issued by the bureau of sta-lian tirtics as to the cou of living. Group-was I jj-jg certain of the main items which
ycnvs. The president ha^ also given his approval to comtemplated legislation  under  which he would have the
int
h ! find rea'est . iany ye; r. ! citic ;i. ral '-�:
 the ccst'yf living there has \ r>ower to lower (he gold content of the
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isnsation irs.    The of tho. i .� : nment
in
run
Stewart
police lice oJ
linsto Van;
n   y
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5SV-
as
a school teacher. He left the Y.M.C.A. , headquarters    in   Vancouver    on   the
what tw    I a victory fnr theini Ju'3M pvening of Thursday. April 13th. with *n� tlie cutccme would be remained ' 0 '-c K:>p"    Tlie executive of the as-
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nhying: in luck, and also ;'n the matter.| n?annt,ioh of clothing when made with  ifOT. ;b no price slashing ii except in  locRlities
iid abroad, and event-; � lv a ^nbilir/^'on of world currencies!  n relation tn each other.
There v.vs -eome surprise that the ��"n~~-ticml move was made on the eve of the approaching conference between President Roosevelt and Premier Ram-�^v MPcDcna'd. .ccifie professed fo sop in. it nn Dttcmpt to force the hands of 'h- British premier. h\:\ President Roosevelt wo-i prcrapt with a disavowal :-f sn.v such.intrntion, The official 'lv-
he gold .embarcjo was that
he'cpmpariifon  is-j r-- United St9t"s s ccd to'loor4' $300.-', there  has  bren; 000000 i&'inimVdia-tq sold withdrawals. Ehe price of fuel 1 "-ith  pfcWbl? further withdrawals,  :f clcso    to   t'mber..| t-l:ere had been nny dciay in imposing j
growth. Biid in tho opinion of the member-; of tho council was a .case for ordinary hr ;p: al treatment. .cuch as might be given in tho local hospital. On mot:on of Alderman Armstrong, seconded by Alderman Griffth. it was decided to communicate with the .sol-ariiim disclaiming any responsibility for charges in conr.esi'on with the trcatmsnl  cf the cn.:'\
On motion cf Alderman AvnTStrong, rc-"ondod bv Alderman Griffith, the c.'unc'l decided to take no action under fhe amendment to the Municipal Act pn'mitt.lng thr1 pasoing oi sinking fund ;foui. '"n'"1*^ in ronn oertVn mi'iiicipal bond?.
To take advantage of th for tli:  reduction in pen alt on  i.inpiid  taxes  the  rieces to'  put  through the rcnp.Jty jrem
 g  pn with
 ? provision es charged  sary  bylaw
 three stagey cuttirtg  15 to   10'.:.    it will
,-u.   ;!	ip   p	rovince   "ra
-..:vrv	ma:	i p.n'wermg tl
3f  ASI)	ley \	"as reported n
...,.,,  a	t Ve	rnpn and oth
'pen	lnve=	?tigation  ;t  wi
the  pi	:rsQii	reported  \va
ftrliiey	a-tte	nti?3. the P�'"
';>;� tw	0 ycj	irs, and nt th
'.bdi'f'	Ion '	,.-,.. engaged a
chcol	teacher.	
in tho pro-premier and Mie members
od labor has endenv-4j5xr�this�a^at�to � account.! is still high and the c3rt of living, in the price of ii :v: *: and can-lot of articles in e not corns down ). In those cities 11 pay rent, hous-ofr loss thsn tho budget items, in le  dron  in  rents
 fo
in'r
nt: Tlui
 3n
the' tier;
option,
the reported resig-W. Bmhn. minister i ^aid he understood placed his resgna-&>>. the premier bo-Tor Ottawa, but ho
 '1-'
v.'cr) he f
ivn-n^vt? n!l"r under :!?** a union gov3 conMmci-^v. a5d"thar
!� ^ration   unless government.
�n accepted. ?r of public
Td was that 7,--ill- in the \'  he would of
it
Tho Cariboo highway wa p 1:':. �"'�,'!'�!: cnmejtfcTvn 1 ct a pbirit about 29 miles s-ou :i of Prince C-c:.r}' j has been most marked being returned �v j at 18?c' below the 1H23 figure.
as compared with -t of living is no hanging over tho j roll of the salary j
by " the
There has Wen a �n fhe co~t of 'living 102T. The sctunl c ^cn^er the chief car f:r".-ide. Tho real ; cut comes on tho : tho lifo insurance 1 'to h'uilidngr loin n
been no drop in the cost of these items despite what has  been   happening   at
the o:old embargo. �W^-liin'p^"   April 22�Premier �~av MacDor.ald  vafe reported to~lTavirp5 bi en somewhat clip-concerted when first [ (-<� advised of the Inflationary pol'cy de-jF veloping at Wa-hmg'tc:iV. bu1- if ho it   did   not   pr v<~v.\-  him  .from   e; reachintj an agreement wi:h p.'esid Roosevelt* en principle ns  to stsi:^  fo he t^krn to brm*? p.fco'it world econonil^ reccycrv.    Th's   it   is    understood   to mean the reaching of a basis of agreement; for co-opera.tlio;i on the part of t.Jie   United     States.;1/  Grenn   Britain, France, Italy, Germany nnd the other i'"�o\s.   tc ���.�r.e   the../stabil'zation  of their respective currencies upon som.0 fixed yold basis.   It is further reported Premier    MacDonali    and     President; Roosevelt have reachci something  in
be applied in two insf-.allriients, the � fii-st on July 1st; and the second on Qclober 1st.
Alfred Miller; of the Interior Cream-ory, had a request brfore the council
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 mpl
 n:lk w�>3  u.o city, i
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dark days when; the nature of an agreement as to the
^lnium. the trflfes; \nnent or interest | Is duo. There has j
pt-titude to be .taken by th-o'v respective goyemmpnts upon fhe troublesome piob'em of disErmament.
Eicrht new -0115 hits will bo pre-ent'ed I ed
the grocery store, tlio butcher's or the! at the m'n^trol show in the Pr'nccss I $4. comparison    with 1 rT+,ici>                                               (Continued on Page Six)                  and  the evening i>er
of the m'lk -  -ri'v.    Tho .re-nit' o:l   to  Dr.  C. tiwor. and h-is Iii.d-with  the request ins <:f ::mall cities, t ho  bo cteriolcjical at "no time consid-". its on'v undertaking milk   from   Grad-   A houlrl  he  pe: mil ted  to It w?.5 rcal^.cd, however, that �nt  inspection  by  Dr.  Kn'ght been ctjmpl?'.?. and on. mo ion �nmh  Anil   reng, seconded  bv n   Keller,   it.   was   decided   to ccmm.unicatc  with    him  and  arrange for an irspsction of all dairy premises -frcn  which  milk  '.�? offered ofor sale hi the city.   When this inspection has been completed  the o:ty  will enforce its prclvbition of fhe sals of raw milk from other than Grade A premies. Tha finance committee r-scommend-payment of accounts to'alUnsr S4.955.87   Of tb'.s total ths city payroll roDrc-iented $1,541.70. the schools pav-
er  Aide
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Park for practice.
lences   at 4 o'clock   roll $2,069.10 nnd the rest was largely performance at 8.     payments on account of relief.