PRINCE GEORGE CITE Maximum Relief for Single Men Set at $12.60 PRINCE GEORGE, B. C. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 28, 1935 ,.,,v Council Receives Definite Instructions for Payment of provincial Rehet CITY MERELYAN AGENT lllibutes Directly no Part of Disburseents and Has Mo Voice in the Decision of the city council trouble on Monday u,, Ui determining the instruc-X vW Griffith, provincial re-[Tadiiinlstrktor, in the payment of U iTdestitute homeless men. These single. def"�:~ ^ nf hhe federal and Contn the charge oTonveruence fL ity h the federal and but as a mat-relief adminis- onverue the city has been acting as f of the province, making, the enl authorized by the province receiving back some time later ^dSursem^nts made. On February the assumption the maxi-f had been set at 42 cents er day. William G. Fraser, as the Sent for the province announced his S of making relief payments f H lst. As it is poor business to get into a disagreement with them again, I am asking you to kindly give me your ruling on this question: Will it be satisfactory to your department to pav single, homeless destitute men at the rate of 42 cents per day commencing 1st, March, 1935?" Administrator is Definite The reply of the administrator appeared definite to several members of the council, but ambiguous to others. He said: "In reply to your letter of the 7th inst., it has been the policy of this department in unorganized territory to follow the attached schedule in giving relief to single persons. That is to say we pay where necessary a maximum of $12.60 per month, regardless of the number of days in the month. For broken periods the maximum payment is 42 cents per day. In no case should payments in any one month exceed thus amount even though it is a thirty-one day month. In the course of the year there is only a difference of $2.10 in the two methods." There was a lengthy controversy as to what the admin'strator meant :n his letter. Alderman Taylor and Alderman Keller were insistent that BUDGET SUBMITTED IN LEGISLATURE SHOWS NO TAXATION CHANGES Victoria, Feb. 27�Hon. John Hart" submitted today what by courtesy is described as a balanced budget. By omitt'n.? to provide for certain expenditures it shows a siu-plus of $760,-000. There is a reference to the refunding program of the government under which the hoiie is held out a saving of six million-collars per annum can be made in the insiiing year if the refund'ng plan can be carried through. The budget makes no material changes in taxation. With respect to the municipalities no ;mme-diate help is extended, but there is a promise of assistance at the ney.t session of the legislature. The finance minister repeats his statement that the revenues of the province are insufficient for its requirements, and he stressed the contention of the necessity for some re-arrangement on the part of the federal government as to the basis of taxation, with larger sub-sid:e> for the province and the abandonment by the federal government of the direct taxation field which under the B.N.A. Act should be left to the provinces. With respect to the cost of unemployment relief Hon. Mr. Hart contended the same should be recognized as a national respon.sib;lity and assumed by the federal government. The CLIVE PLANTA OF PEACE RIVER MAKES MODEST PROPOSAL Victoria, Feb. ,27�Cl've Planta, who represents Peace River in the legislature, will make his contribution to the Alaskan, highway controversy. The United States dcs:res a highway into Alaska through British Columbia and the Yukon, the estimated cost of which is $2,000,000 to the United States and $7,000,000 to Canada. The people of Canada are not so hot on) the Alaskan highway, and have more I inviting openings for the divestment of their part of construction costs*. What Mr. Planta is proposing in a Little Prospect for Reduction in Insurance Rates Underwriters are Glad McKen-zie Saved them Money but Losses Do Not Fix Fire Rates REGRADING PROMISED resolution to be submitted to the leg- ! D r \ � � islature is that the UnUd States Representative of Association to according to the number of days in under the termG of the letter Mr. net ,debt of the Province was shown '|tvui ., iu;. ..,-v.ii.n. if ttrrmiH fiit -m-------- ... ____�__i-, _._,,_, ... i to have increased something under $3,000,000 during the pa.st year. Council Endorses General Hornby's Settlement Plan Approves Settlement of British Families After Training in Community Units FIXING RELIEF CHARGE ding to the tS month, this while it would cut he amount of relief for the month of February, would increase it for the months in which there are thirty-one daVs Under this arrangement the inax;mum relief cheque for February would become $11-75 as aganst the former ciheque for $12.60 for each month in the year. The relief men entelred a vigorous protest to this arrangement, contending they had \ren short-changed in the, months containing thirty-one days and should receive the maximum for the short month of February. The matter was referred to Victoria and authority came back to Mr. Fraser to pay $12.60 for the month of February. Mayor Requests Ruling Wfcen this had been adjusted the relief men announced their determination to demand relief in the future at the rate of 42 cents according to the number of days in the month, and wishing to avo?d further trouble on NT arch 1st Mayor Patterson dispatched a letter to the relief administrator for explicit instructions as to the maximum payment for months contain'ng thirty-one days. Following a ^recital of the trouble on February 1st toe. mayor wrote: - - � "They (relief men) have already notified me they are going to demand tf cents per day each month, from now on, and commencing on March Fraser as provincial relief officer would be warranted in paying at the rate of 42 cents per day for a month of thirty-one days, and Jointly they' offered a resolution that thus action be taken. Other members of the council opposed the suggestion which to them simply meant that in paying the extra day not authorized by the admin'strator, with 148 on trn� '-�Mief list the city would have to find $62.16 for each month in which theie were thirty-one days. Iii an effort to make the position of the administrator more clear Mayor Patterson expressed a willingness to make a" further interrogation of Administrator Griffith by telegram which was accepted. The telegram read: "Will it be satisfactory to your department to pay s:ngle, homeless destitute men 42 cents per day, paying $13.02 on the first day of March for the month of March, as it is much more satisfactory for the c'ty to pay by the month? Wre rep'v." The answer to this enquiry reached Mayor Patterson early Tuesday morning to the following effect: "Max'mum allowance per month for single persons is $12.60. No. objection to payment on monthly basis, with rate of 42 cents per day for broken neriods." cede to Canada the Alaskan handle in return for the building of the Canadian section of the desired highway. The cost of the highway would approach the cost of the purchase of Alaska by the United States from Russia, and it is contended Russia did not have title to the panhandle when the trade was made with the United Stater,. Mr. Planta's resolution mil give the automobile associations in the Pacific coast states .something to mull over while they nro demanding the completion of the Alaskan highway. WELSH GUARD FOUND DEAD IN BULLION YARD OF BANK OF ENGLAND i pun Make an Inspection of City Congress Defies Roosevelt on his Recovery Policy .co'd:ers' bonus legislation, and it is now cons'dered likely sufficient strength will be behind it to carry it over the presidential veto. Tcday it look-;; as if President Roosevelt's control ov?r the seventy-fourth congress is gone. FEDERAL GENERAL ELECTIONS EXPECTED During the Current Year Any hope Mayor Patterson and the members of the aldermanic board may have entertained that through the success~of Chief J.C. McKenzie and his fire laddies, in holding down fire lasses last year, there wouEd come a reduction in insurance rates, was dissipated at the meeting of Jhe'city council on Monday eveniitg:" The fire record for 1934 wasqo good that the city council decided some weeks ago to bring it to the attention of the B. C. Fire Underwriters' Association with a view to securing a betterment in the "grading" of the city and incidentally a reduction in the fire insurance rates. With most p:xxple fire lo&ses are regarded as the deciding factor in the "grading" of a city. It has been thought that when fire losses were high they might expeet a reflection In the insurance rate, and that when losses were low a reduction in the rate might reasonably be London. Feb. 27�A Welsh guard was found dead today in the bullion yard of the Bank of England and considerable mystery surrounds the matter. The guard is said to have met death as the result of a bullet wound, but, whether it was a case of j counted upon. The first part of the murder, accident or suicide tho auth3*- supposition may be approximately cor-orities have so far decl'ned to say. � rect.�but the latter part of it does If the death of the guard was due to an att-'ck being made upon the bank I it would be the first time over a period of 150 years such a thing has happened. Senate Adopts Amendment to p , r R.,, ,. , r MONDAY, JULY 29 Relief- Bill which Lessons J____ Employment Effect BONUS BILL IS COMING House is Expected to Force the Hand of the President on this Issue Also Ottawa, Feb. 25�It is reported here in authoritative circles that, the federal elections will be held on Monday, July 29th. This date it is reported has been agreed upon by Premier Bennett and the members of his cabinet subject of course to any unforseen developments. Washington. Feb. 26�President F. ] T~TrV/f RT 1CV \X7TT T RF Roosevelt is making a close study ot ! l X1V| "^^^ ** XL-^ "*" the situation created by the major: COMMUNIST NOMINEE reversal suffered by him in the sen- I ^^^,T T ate by the adoption of the McCarran j IN WINNIPEG NORTH "prevailing wage" amendment to the ' W,880,00O,O0O rgilef bill. The president \ <*j�cted to the proviso for the pay- '' merit of the prevailing wage as it would greatly lessen the number who could be given employment under the relief bill with a monthly wage around *50- However, not even a warning � �y Senator Carter GJass of a probable I veto, nor assurances in a letter from Position Taken by Municipality of Coquitlam Approved on Monday Evening The Hornby .settlement plan, under which it is proposed to bring selected settlers to Canada, train them in community units and then settle them upon lands of__their own, was given the unqualified endorsation of the city council at its meeting on Monday evening. The plan contemplates the establishment of 250 community settlements throughout the dominion, each consisting of 100 British famil'es. of which number approximately 50 settlements would be e-tablished in British Columbia. Brgadier-Genarai Hornby, who is sponsoring the settlement p'.an, has the utmost confidence t that once the federal government expresses its desire for the '.settlers the cost of moving, training and establish'^ them will be borne by the British government. The members of the city council gave some consideration to a resolution submitted by the municipality ot Coquitlam dealing with the responsibility for the administration of unemployment relief. One preamble to the W. ftoebuci resolution set out that unemployment � guardianship DIONNE HOSPITAL IS FROZEN UP IN SPELL OF SUB-ZERO WEATHER Callander, Ont. Feb. 27�The has-pital of the Dionne quintuplets was caught yesterday in the cold wave which swept through Ontario to the Atlantic coast. The temperature hero uroped to 40 degrees below zero, freezing the heating paint in the hospital. The famous babies were kept in addional cover'ngs until the lieatina system of the hospital could be repaired. It is not believed they suffered through the mishap. ONTARIO TO ASSERT GUARDIANSHIP OVER DIONNE BABIES assurances in a letter from President Roosevelt that without .any amendment the relief bill would be administered to protect existing wage ^aies Winnipeg, Feb. 25�The Communists of Winnipeg yesterday decided to nominate Tim Buck, recently released from the Kingston penitentiary, as their candidate in Winnipeg North, the seat held for ma&y years by A. A. Heaps, as an Independent-Loiboi member. As; the Liberals and Con-servatvies are both expected to nomi- were sufficient to deter the senate from adopting the McCarran amerfdnvent on a vote of 44 to 43. The seventy-fourth congress has � ;n session for about two months and although both branches are over-vuieiiningiy Democratic it threatens the policies of the admin-A feeling of resentment has in both the senate and the nouse against members of the presi-hn' 1�^'"^ and- his brain-trusters, 'shadowing even this is wide-, disappointment over the lack political patronage. The Democrats 1 '-'<��- avo5ded criticism of rsonaly, but their re-is shown in the treatment *> In which the president is V interested. Liborii with th rate the entrance of Buck into the contest may result in the defeat of Heaps. HERBERT CAR INSPECTOR KILLED ON FRIDAY ____ | Kamloops, Feb. 22�Herbert G-.j Prov'ns. C. P. R. car inspector was] killed in the railway yard this morning He was coupling the air-hose on some freight cars when the locomotive bumped the cars of unemployment relief should be considered as a purely industrial problem and be administered by the federal government. The resolution read: "That this council goes on record as absolutely opposed to the present system of taing care of unemployment lelief, and requests the federal government to take over all unemployment relief." The motion to endore the stand of the municipality of Coquitlam was moved by Alderman Keller and seconded by Alderman Opie. A considerable part of the council session was given over to the consideration of tho status of a number of persons at present on the municipal relief list, as well as new applications j for relief. A report was submitted as to when a number at present on the municipal relief arrived in the city, to determine whether they qualified as munic'pal cases or as transients. All were found to have been residents before the transient cla.^s was established. w:th several of them going on relief shortly after their arrival in the city. The finance committee recommended the payment of accounts totalling $4 964.72. Payrolls of $1,538.36 and $1,934.55 respectively were included. _____�o------------ j \V. Miers, resident public works engineer, was advised Wednesday by W Ramsay, engineer at Williams and the! Lake, that the pile-driving equipment Toronto, Feb. 26�Hon. David Croll. minister of public welfare, has given notice of a resolution directing the guardianship of the Dionne quintuplets be vested in his department. This would give the government the right to name guardians who would become responsible for the welfare of the children. It will be remembered that when Chicago promoters attempted to take the babies to Chicago for exhibition purposes Attorney-General A. W. Roebuck intervened, asserted on the part of the pro-. not fit in with the underwriters practice. There is much more which enters into the "grading" of a city than fire losses, as the members of the city council learned on Monday evening with the read ng of the letter from the underwriters' association. In thus letter the thanks of the association were tendered for the keeping-down of its losses during the year. The association felt so good about it that it even went >o far as to congratulate Chief McKenzie, but it was by no means so responsive to the request for a better grading for Prince George. Dealing with this the letter of the association reads: "You state that the council wishes this association to consider the low-loss record of last year as a basis for a reduction in fire insurance rates generally in Prince George. May we point out to you that the classification of a city for the purpose of making-fire insurance rates is not premised on the fire-lass record. Of course this has some bearing, but it is an unknown quantity at all times, which with a major fire can change overnight. The fire protection afforded. The physical conditions with regard to structures, climatic conditions, bylaws and such other factors are the ones used to make our basic rate for a city. "For tho years 1929-33 we find the average ]>er capita, taken from the fire marshal's records, amounts to $4.82. which is a high figure. If we include last year's figures it is still moderately high. The record shows that every two or three years the ciiy has been faced with rather heavy fir* losses. "You might notify the council that our plans fa; this year include a re-inspection of your city for the purpose vincc and appointed as guardians W. H. Alderson, Red Cross official; Kenneth Morrison. Callander merchant; Dr. A. D. Dafo? and Oliver Dionne, j of checking over the waterworks, fire grandfather of the infants. Thii> j department, buildings, electric and guardianship would expire on July i fire prevention departments in order 26th, but the present move would ! to have our grading of the city brought make t�ie government's guardianship j up to date." -------------o------------- permanent. It will negative the exh:-bition of the babies throughout the United States. SuS of one^car pased over his legs �"now at Cottonwood river and that trucks ui *��- i^w h , ___ havp t.hp t.pmnor.irv mangling them badly UNITED STATES WILL MOVE 2000 FAMILIES Democrats in AT ASK AN TERRITORY | congress have appar- 1 <-> A ^___ evenly along ,,,_^i,^� pv>b. 27�It is an- has Conservative lines, which nounced Che federal TSS western will be expects to have the temporary bridge open for traffic by Tuesday March 12th. The bridge went out on Saturday. February 2nd. H. S. French, who has filled the position of district agriculturist in Prince George, leaves for the capital tomorrow to confer with the minister of agriculture on the re-organ zation of the field forces which he anticipates will result in his transfer w some other district. Mr. French ca.me to Prince George from the Okanagan. TWENTY-EIGHT DROWN WHEN EXCURSION BOAT CAPSIZES Castries. St. Lucia. Feb. 26�Twenty-eight ]>ersons are believed to have perished when an overladen excurs'on motor launch capsized three miles off jihore in shark-infested waters. Six bodies have been recovered but it is believed the greater number will be devoured. A sudden rush of pav:en-gers to one s:de of the vessel is believed to have been the cause cf the tragedy. Residents along the ^hore witnessed the capsizing of the vessel but were powerless to render - assistance. An official enquiry has been started with a view to the prosecut'on of the owners of the vessel for overloading. ________o------------ Vancouver. Feb. 25�James Bova has been arrested by the police on the charge of having murdered his estranged wife. Tine victim of the shoot'ng was shot to death on Friday night while she w^as returning to her parents' home. Three bullets were found in her body. Bova was arrested while he was in his b2d a short time after the shooting but strenuously denied having Ee?n h:s wife for several days. The couple separated about three montihs ago. Although there were no witnesses to tho murder the post-mortem indicated the woman had put up a fight for her life. IAN MACKNEZIE'S WANT-OF-CONFIDENCE MOTION DEFEATED 69-93 Ottawa, Feb. 27�The want-of-con-fidence motion moved by Ian Mackenzie, Liberal member for Vancouver-Center, was defeated n the house today on a division of 69 to 93. The motion was supported by the Liberals and most of the Independents. In the motion it was charged the Bennett government had failed to provide any definite policy to deal with widespread unemployment. In speaking to his resolution Mr. Mackenzie said there were 1,207,345 persons in Canada receiving direct relief, or one in every ten in the dominion. The debate on the resolution was a bitter cn-e. On the evening of Monday, March 4th the Young People's Society of the United Church will hold a public debate In the church auditorium. It should prove to be of great interest to both old and young. The subject � V debate will be: "Resolved: That ths prospects of Prince George warrant no Optimism." The speakers are Miss M. Peck and Mr. E. E. Gregg for the affirmative; and Mrs. M. Gustafson and Dr. Morrison for the negative. Along with the debate a few pleasing musical numbers will be given. The proceeds will be divided between the Young People's Society and the church funds. Those attending this debate are assured of a good even'ng's entertainment and are requested to keep the date in mind. The program will commence at 8.15 p.m.