PRINCE   GEORGE   CITIZEN.--.THURSDAY.  MAY 25,  1933
Jurors Disagree    jJapanese Ready    School Trustees
in Murder Trial j to Take Peiping if Vote Confidence.
of John B.. Earl         aiM} Nanking!            in Principal
Five Cent*
Case for the Crown was Built up j Attacking Force ��  the dispatched from the Japanese airplane in his resignation as a protest was Occidental world was concerned Le_e carrier which airived cn May" 13th j made known in the high school on Man Bing was the owner of the store, j eff Tangku,  th'rty-fve  mil�s east of   Friday, and became the incentive for
 if
- i past.    Flag-day  with the Elks means . ; children's day, and it has become one
! the Ot- [ ppctaticms.     The   big   feature" cf   the optimistic | day with them is the program of foot the unemployment j races;    jumping  contes's    and    field
led to take the June examinations.
and. lvs was* the duty of catering to the Indians and halfbreeds who made
up
the bulk of his customers.
Tientsin. This carrier is raid to have' the circulation among the pupils of forty planes for the making of recon- : a' petition to the board of trustees, riaisance   flights,    and    the   work   is- which  was signed    by    seventy-three
Well there- came a Sunday�Novem- ! proceeding with no semblance of op- ! pupils out of a reg'stration of approx-ber 27th�when the door remained i position on the part of the Chinese, imtaely ninety. The preamble to the closed in Lee Man Bings store, and j The Chines? army has been steadily . petition set out the signers had read this caused commen:. as all days in i pressed back on Peiping. The fight- the editorial in The Citfzen and pro-the week are alike with roadside -stores, ing north of Peiping is said to have tested against "the baseless accusa-On the following Monday afternoon ! beeiv the'most severe. China has -been ! tions regarding discipline,'] as 'n all the  provincial ' police   commenced   to ! resisting   the  Japanese  advance   with j cases of lack of discipline,  in  which
look into things. � The front door of j the best trcops it could put into the the store was locked, but an entrance j field under- the command of Chiang was secured through the rear. The ; Kai-Shek, who took over the north intrr'or of the store suggested it had I China area on the retirement of Mar-been entered by thieves. There were j shal Chang Hsiao-liang. but the Jap-bloodfitains on the floor, and these led j ane.se have not only numerical but in the direction of a trap-door to the | mechanical superiority, and there is a cellar. lifting the trap-door the po- j fear the forces of Chiang Kai-shek lice off'cer zsr- *he corpse of Lee Man j will be cut off in the vicinity of Bing staling at him. The Chinaman ( Miyun. There is a report current the had been made the target for five j Japanese will demand the evacuation shots, and his body  thrown  into the   cf not cniy Peiping and Nanking but
cellar.   The till ?n the store had been
pupMs had 'been seen on the streets during school hours, they had been properly punished.* The preamble further recited the resignation of Prin-cipla Dickson would be prejudicial to the interest of the! high school, and especially to the pupils in grade twelve. The signers requested the board to hold an investigation, and ask Mr. Renwick to substantiate his charges. Chairman M. S. C'aine explained the
cf Tientsin as well as the hostage of � situation to the members of the school
rifled and apparently some cigarettes china for the ending cf military ac- j board, and to � large gallery in at-rtclen from the-shelves, but the pock- tivity in the region ci the great wall. I tendance, and said the decision had cts of the murdered merchant had not j There are garrisons in all three places j been reached at 5.30 o'clock that af-teen  searched.     Some     money     was j but  thev  are  not    strong enough  to i ternoon to hold a special meeting.'fie
found  in   them,   and   sewed   into  the � make a protracted defence.
'� expressed his dissent  from the state-
clothing, Chinese fashion, was a quan-       Disaffection is said to be rife among I ment appearing in The CUizen, which titv of paper currency. Th:s was  the  problem  which  con
1 the troops cf many of the regiments j be said  was    not    complimentary  to - ! in  China's  northern  army.  The  men I Principal   Dickson.   Before   taking  up
fronted the italice*.    No cue had been   have not been  paid  for months  and i the resignation    of the principal,    or :ee:i  near  thfe 'premises  slnse  Satur  j ^b        'f't'hem have no regard for i the petition related to it   he thought
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 c'f't'hem have no regard for i the petition related to it. he thought  h        t                              k M    Rik t
per cent, and for the month -of July were.all run off with zest, and in the the federal proportion becomes 10 per   best of spirit.
cent. The agreement does not extend i A pleading featur'a of the day was beyond the end of July. Federal re- 'the reappearance of the city band, the lief may be continued or :t may not. j members of which^ehowed a very com-Needless to say the announcement of \ mendable -?p:rit by turning out to the new relief (policy produced some-.| parade before the proce-^ion started to thing in the nature of consternation j the fair grounds shortlv after one to the aldermanic mind.                       | o'clock.   Needless to say the band put.
Mayor Patterson said Prince George; a jot of pep into the proceedings at as  o        it     !     th         i         hi       Tn    f*           d        di
 g;
was  one  city   !n  the  province   which > Tne l                                                       j   f
 grounds, rendering a number  i
 y               pvince   which                 g,      nderng a number
could not assume any added response j of select'cns in a very oleasing man-bility in the matter of unemployment': ner. Although the weather was blus-relief. There are upwards of seventy j tery. and somewhat threatening, there families at present in  receipt cf re^Twas no rain.
lief, and he vvsis very skeptical as to | It required some sevenfy-five cars any substantial reduction in the rium- j and trucks to convey the young'people ber during the next few months. It j to the errounds, and the arrangements was atlogether unreasonable to ask ; for their transport was all that could the city to assume more of the cost, i be desired, the Elks securing excellent of  unemployment    relief    than   it. is   co-operation on the part of car-own-
carrying at present.
ers.     Arriving    on   the    grounds  the
ee:i  near  thfe premises  slnse  S         j ^umberR cfthem have           g                     p
day afternoon.   Tlie nearest neighbor,  chiag  Kai-Shek.  Observes say 'there   the board, should ask Mr. Renwick to '.cf Lee  Man  Bing.   pn   Indian   living! 3n>   nc,t   200 000- men . in ' the � NorLh   make gocd his accusations. 2C0 yards away, told the police he had : china army.upon whom the command      R. A. Renwick in reply informed the
cilled at the store, that afternoon and]  -ip   ifIv.  and    that  many    of  them'"chairman  no    accusations    had  been j pro snnrecl between the federal govern-liad been� furn'shed with some coal oil   v,-cu)ci be as well .pleased fighting with i made in The Citizen.    It had been re-   mf,n^  1he provincial nr.vemmrnt  and
There was a general understanding! children were assembled in the cofn-cn the part of the aldermen that the j mod:ous erand stand where a number municipal viewpoint on the question j of patriotic airs were sung, after which 's receiving., tine attention of the j each was served with ice cream and Union of B.C. Municipalities. ,and it' candy bv the Elks' management, and was decided to await action until the the sports program got under way. result of th's- intervention is known.! In the evening- a very successful As a preliminary objection it was de- f dance was held in the ElV-.v hail. This cided to have City Solicitor .Wilson Ms the medium upon which the'Elks prepare a strongly worded protest, rely to recoup themselves for the ex-again^i the suggested change, and to/i pend;hires cn the children's � behalf, transmit^fcbersame to John A. Fraser, | and the-response of the citi^e"* was M.P.. and' to Dr. R. W. Alward. M.L.A. j highly  pleasiner.     The   music   for   the
The news frcqi Vicfor!a is that the'i dance wa? excellent and a very enjoy-new! arrangemencts- the outcome of a j able evening  was spent, conferenre at  Ottawa  at  which  Hon. R.   w.   Bruhn   pnd   Hon.   W.   A.   Mc-Kerizie  represented  the   province.    It cnlv to ihe relief costs which
by the Chinaman, and the police sur-rnised   he   had  been   killed   within   a -^hcrt time after making this sale.
Th? coroner mak'xu? a p'St-moriem examination found five bullet, wounds. Two of thes3 had been through the head, sufficient to causo almost instant death, and one fired so close as to leave powder burns cn the -^in. Two of the other wounds in the op'ri-ion of the coroner would have been equally fatal if death had not ensued
th�* Japanese as  aeains*   them.    Th's ; prcrented something was to be des'red
in the  discipline  in  the  high school. It   was   also   represented   pupils   had
disaffection is said to, have, been a contributing factor to the rwepp of the Japanese through North China.
WOMEN'S LIBERAL ASSOCIATION DISPENSE WITH USUAL FEES
been discouraged from attending :hool by reason of receiving \ntima-t-icn they would not be permitted to wr ie the June examinations; These-i.n:c;zntaticns had been made in ?�~od faith.- The Citizen had not-sa'd,.they wore tins, but had expressed the Opin-
by Price Advance
Ai tho meet'ii�
Women's Lib-Id on Monday even-
had suggested they might be en-
the municipar.ties. WHhj respect r t.ho transient unemployed Ithe cost, of his relief :* to he carried jny tliie federal government entirely. iTho feeling '"- general that, the representatives; of the" province let  )'.:�? nrrm-pip ili'ie-; hi !..   '                      ""       '    ��-
rather badly In  consenting to an ar- j Prospective Loss of $50,000,000 rangemshit   l^dei*   which Uhs   u'ip plcymerit [relief rests to 'hem will vp-r'y subs ah'ti.aUv  increased,    Premier Tolmie admitted on Thursday he wa-5
s the result of the sho's through the: iMP 1hc decision was reached that head.   Three of the bulletss were ex- :.
no charges, nor did it propose to make
in Pegging of Wheat Price Has Been Wiped Odt
 POUND   ADVANCE HELPS
and halfbreeds in the vicinity were holding a celebration. One of the d died and h's funeral was to b* followed by the .. "potlach" at the family nome. Moit of tbe Indians find half1 breeds attended the funeral ond '.'pot-lj>c.h', among them the youthful half-
Resolved:  This meeling of. the Women's Liberal Association, that   member-hip be open to'ail women of progressive    thought   in   sympathy   with;           discouraged Liberal Ideals and principals, and all   .        ...nmimH(n are  invited    to   associate    t hemselves ! June   examlnatlon
manner in  which,  the  high  school  is being   conducted   the   holding   cf   an enquiry mighUnc! be necessary. Upon the, que-"'on of pupils having from   writing   the Secretary   Patter-
not. ?uffio:finv fa'TriliarMvith the situation to discuss it in the nbsence of tli"   two ministers.                           |-D          D         _        �      .       ,.   ,
�The members of the executive' of export bonus Cost-Cut by bight the Union cf B. C. Municipalises held Millions and May Shortlv be ' a. meeting    in Vancouver    on  Friday               c    �    i    rS               '
nisht tr drcu^s-the'.situation in cam-j             entirely Overcome
era. pnd al   :.ts clo~p no' official eta
mfc wbs ir?n�d.    It is ^tatrd how.ever pertain ccncius'cns were reached  and
Ottawa,   May  22�The   federal   ; eniment   has   b2en   benefitted   to
[OV-
the
w�r
'rnie  piH   Hen.  R.  \V.  Bruhn. of public works. Duvine tbe  na"t   few weeks on ef-
forwarded to Pre-   ext-ent of  something  more  than  $50.-000,000  as  the  result  cf  the price  of
wheat crossing the CO-cent mark. Th's is  what the  government  had  lost  at
rending   from  the- minutes  of   a
to  encourage   fam'lies   at  present  on ]-

JS        ^ �f Erirl>S testifi^ hfv no\ membership  fee be required  the   potlach   about   four   o'clockS     Rld    B      hi                itio
Resolved:   By   this   association   that
mvn.r . , -o-^t  =:nmpi"e wholcheai tcdly chdbi-se 'the candi- | c^ �         ]>ns nP-d been wamed pfa& j;tT_,-; going to    get some ! dnture of jvfr. Harry G. Perry, Lberal
 f ?S?
Trustee Op'e  followed  th:s up with uj^k his  recollection   cf   the   matter   thatrTjirf
 at the
 nable
 y     : F-f             J : if they wanted to writs the. examina-
 f0r   thlS ."n^tuency    and. tiom  th      would   haVe   tb'do   better  d        llMl       ldg
 and    collecMvely- pledge�
 Tnis he collsidered a fonn
fovt h^s b-en m"d" in Prince Georee   one sln"c of the wheat ma:'ket. since
�   consented   to \ attempt   the   pegging of   the  wheat  price.    It   was  a   r sky pircs  of bus'ness  on the part of the federal   government,    but   having   got ; out of the market without  a low the | wisdom of ovidine>  cut t.he niC'Tre of municipal relief. tiTfl.vcr.P'at.ferron broueVit to the at-
givihg.                                                   |.tr-rition   rf*h-  comril  th� mat'^r of | els   Gf   wheat,   and . to   assist ' m   the
Trustee  P'tman    then,   moved  that | he   child   of   Mary   Dnnianic.   who   is : 5>rice   stabilization   an   equal  quantity Pi-jncipal Dickson be requested by the i suffsr'iie   from     arrested   growth.     A
suppo5edly    with    money: T,~TT1VT n   TAVIAn a-cvc from the till in Lee Man B ng's ! JOHN R. TAYLOR GETS
! BIG MAJORITY IN THE
wa.s    arrested on . son!? nunor,                  Jl         r^^^i> confidence in him and :'ts appreciation cf the manner in which the high school is being conducted. This was seconded by Trustee Abbott,
 rir] of n'ro
 Mary
 ihe phy-
i and on mot:on In  the! ried unanimously.
 put it was car-
devfilcoment  cf a   child  of  five.
lonl   women's  institute    is    de-
of �Vecu'rint;  medicp.l  treatment
of wheat was-turned over by the wheat pool-3.    Just how the government ac-
count stands-has not been made public at present, but there is every rea-rcn to believe that ns the result of e advance the federal treasury
for the child :n which work it has pre- ' t-n" 1
viously   had   t.he ^financial   assistance   has �fide-stejeced a lass which at one
 Principal Dickson expressed-hta will-
� ne enrp'? h^d he�n commiaed ; ivrcintr>sn who run as an jTiiu.-.H=i��-"u I be foinvi.' The police were un- i Liberal. Tliere. was a b!g meeting.of to Icca'e the weapon from the \ Liberal and Farm-Labor group- here Ption given n Earl was taken fnd ns - the result of the verdict in. and disclosed its hiding place, '^e by-elrction they hive demanded ^~   ^              rot  admitted  bv � the immediate resignation cf Premier
?t  the trial on � J.  T.   M.   Andrreon  and  his  govern-,, mn-i  the  accused 1 ment.   The vote in the bv-eiect on was
to -withdraw his resignation and was  handed   tack   to  him  by   the
who ran as an rhdspsridetit- j secretary of the t:oard.    There being
no other business before the meeting
nfp-.< tfee
 e  but fhat nart' "r
 warned
 \ men t.   The vote   n
' McTntcrn 2213. Taylor 4192. During the  Mclnto-h  deserted     the
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Vancouver, Mav 23�^For the current year the wheat shipments through the of"as i into"the' cabinet, made tlie by-election \ port of Vancouver have reached the
.hfid   been' hidden \ L*bern.l party, and the taking of him
an adjournment was taken.
BIG INCREASE IN WHEAT SHIPMENTS FROM VANCOUVER
 tH-'r wl*
 . -    '
to   the   �capon's
 f1i>
 into     e
 neoe^irv.    Kinistino has been repre--t to-;al of 85.000 000^
 compared
of the Junior Red Cross orc;anizition, buf this assistance is not now available t'o the same ext?nt. Following some discussion'   it    was    decided    to
rne? of the market would have meant $5.0 000,000.
Treasury  officials  are   very  explicit on the point   this  will  not mean  the
arrange   with  the   local  Women's  In- I federal   treasury   will  be   richer   than siMite   a plan   under  which  the' city | il was whein the pegging of the wheat will 1'ansist .to a limited  extent  'n the organization's   welfare  work. Dr.  Knight,   the  provincial veterin-
ary, infomed the council he w:ll  pay a visit to  'his    Feet-ion    during    the
 on Page Five)
sented by a Lrberal for nearly thirty I with 71,000.000 bushels for the corrp*-the past eight by Mclntosh,         ponding period of the previous year.
stock.
The finance committee recommended the DRvment of accounts aggregating   $6000.75.     These  included   a   city pavroll of Si .541.70, and a school payroll  of $2,069.10.
price was undertaken, but it is admittedly richer in that it will not be called upon to make up the S50.000.0OO which at one stage in the trading re-
prerented     the-   diffemece    in   what
month of July when he will arram?O;heat was worth and what it had cost for  a complete  examination of dain/1**^   **�' premises and make T.B. tests of dairy   .pp^.lbU
Tovernment. There is still the ibility the price of wheat may advance lo a point at which it will not. only overtake early lca?es in government trading but provide a net profit upen operation as well, but in such an event it fc understood the government � Continued pn Page Six)