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PRINCE GEORGE, B. C. THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1935
Five Cent*
en Engaged in Rioting Received Sentence Tuesday
Heitman Johnson Guilty on 3 Charges of Assault to Serve Eighteen Months
OTHERS GET 6 MONTHS
Accused Did Not Call Witnesses to Refute The Case Set Up By the Prosecution
The final chapter in the rioting on the Fraser river hill on the morning of Monday, May 13th, when upwards of fifty men threw a barricade across the highway and assaulted Inspector > Van Dyk and Game Officers Forrester I and Copeand when they attempted-to remove it, was written by Stipen i chary Magistrate MLilburn on Tucs- : dav afternoon when he passed sentence upon four of the rioters. It was ' the most serious of the disturbances engineered by the men on relief in this section of tine province. Game Officer Forrester receiving a broken arm. Game Of i oar Copeland was severely wounded in being struck over the head while grappling with Fred-crick Barker, one of the strikers, but Inspector Van Dyk came through the melee without serious injury.
The case against Frederick Barker H-as proceeded with on Wednesday. June 5th. He was charged w th assaulting Game Officer Cspeland. "while the latter was acting as special j constable. Gordon Grant, of Vancou- ' vor. conducted Ills defence, but did not < all any witnesses, relying u]x>n h\s objection, that the appointment of Game Officer Copeland as a spe-ciaJ constable was defective. In the case of Ccpelandv hi.s objection to the appointment hadNbeen that the oatih of allegiance had-been taken prior to the date of the "appo:ming order and not subsequent as contemplated by the statute. He said hcNvas j prepared to admit the Order-ih<-1 Council appointing, if the crown ad-; mitted the date of the oath of alle- \ ? ance. He intimated, however, that in the event of his objection to the status of Game Officer Copeland. beine overrwd by the magistrate he would take the matter to the court of appeal. The objection was over-, ruled and a conviction against Barker was recorded.
An adjournment was taken on Thursday until Monday in the cases against Heitman Johnson. Jaek Rut-ledge and Gus Ed vail, charged with assault and abetting in assault, to permit A. McB. Young, who had charge of the prosecution, to file cer- . tificd copies of the Orders-in-Ccun- ; cil appointing the several game of- I f'cers as members cf the provincial police.
A.s Gordon Grant had engagements elsewhere he was r.ot in attendance when the charges o-Tnir.st Heitman Johnson were called on Monday morning. There were three charges against Johnson, one of assaulting Game Offficer Copeland, one of assaulting Game Officer Forrester and one of assauting Insp. Van Dyk. The accused presented no witnesses, but i'rom the prisoner's box extended an invitation to any who were willing to i testify for him' to take the witness stand . There was no response, but a gradual meltinir away of the audience. The accused was found guilty on each charge.
Jahn Rutledce. who had figured in | the fracas in the government office some time ago, was charecd ov Tuesday with the assault upon Game Of-ficer Forester. He called no witnesses but cross-examined, most of those produced by the prosecution. He was found guilty.
Gus Edvall was the last of the quartette to face trial. He wn-3 charged with abetting in assault. He called no witnesses and did not appear to take , much interest in the proceedings. He also was found guilty.
On the conclusion of the Edvall | ca?e Magistrate Milburn proceeded to impose sentence. Frederick Barker was given a six-months term; Hc'.t- | man Johnson was .sentenced to six months imprisonment on each of the three conv'ctions. the sentence? to nm consecutively; Rutledge and Ed-j vail were each sentenced to six .months imprisonment. Of the four the only .man to make aud'ble comment was Johnson. To the magistrate he .said: "That means eighteen months, thank you very much."
The certified copies of the Orders-in-council appointing the several game officers as members of the pro-v'-ncial police loft.no doubt as to their status. In date they ranged from 1929 to 1934. In the case or the ; appointment of Game Officer Coi>e- ; kmd. who has testified to taking the O;ith of allegiance prior to hLs sip- ' Ointment, it was noted the order was ' retroactive as to the appointment, date.
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HYLTON A. TILLEY~ I
I SERIOUSLY INJURED IN MOTOR CAR ACCIDENT
p � u .����!1('i'i Nash :i\ the NasTi "� : 'M':111'' Works, wa.-, seriously in-early Tuerday morning by o-
or c ir driven by j. o. Wilson. Mr.
son v.-a-- returning from Vander-" tool and saw a tmck parked en the.; rugmvay a short distance below the ^cot a Peden's lvJl. He succeeded in c.eannrj the truck, on which the! lights had been turned off. but struck j AH. rilley who stepped out to signal ' ruin. Mr. Tilley's condition Is said I to be serious. H's back and a num-oer ot ribs were broken and he hod ', �sfnln wounds. Dr. Lyon. who': >s attending him. says much will depend \i\mn the nature of the fracture ' of the backbone; It is sa'd Tillcv, who was accompanied by Mjr. Nash, had \ been having .some engine trouble with the truck. At the time cf the accident an attempt was being made to j adjust the engine trouble in the truck j and the battery being low the lights : had been turned off. Mr. Wilson | bcrusht the injm-ed man in to the: city hosp'tal.
Nechako Golds in ' Tennis Activities | Great Britain is Big Development
Near Miworth
The following were the results in j the annual tournament of the local tennis club up to Thuisday morning: Gentlemen's Singles
L. McLeod defeated E. Hcpka, .8-6. 6-3.
Ian- Ogg defeated H. M'nion 7-5.
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of Lake Tsana
E.Fcster defeated 6-3.
Mixed Dcrub'e?
Eccles and Parker defeated McNeil
and Foster 6-3. 6-4.
Ladie:' Singles
V. Foot defeated M. Wilson C-3, 6-2 ML Roberts dsfeated Mrs. K. Math- j
eson 6-1. 6-3.
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Ccr'eVs
Big Coal Strike Turns on Action Congress Takes
May Be Averted if Guffey Bill Secures its Passage Before the End of the Week
400,000 MEN INVOLVED
Mrs. J. Scott defeated Baird 6-4, 5-7, 6-3.
E. Becks defeated Mrs. J 6-2. 3-6, 6-3.
Ladies' DcubV--
Baird and Math eson defeated Ec-cles and Corless 6-4. 3-6. 6-3.
Scott and Douglas defeated Wilson and Roberts 9-7, 6-4.
All of tlhe matches so far have resulted in very close play. The feature so far was the upset of H. Minion, a seasoned player, by Ian Ogg, one of the jun'.or players who is rounding out into promising form.
Two Arrested in the Weyerhauser Kidnapping Case
Implicate Others in Tacoma Snatching Crime
PASSED RANSOM MONEY
Strike Orders Issued Becoming Effective at Midnight Sunday June 16th.
Washington. June 10�With but five days remaining 'n which legLs-. j lation can be- seemed in congress in | the passage of bhe Guffey bill, vhe ..officers of the United M'ne Workers' of America and a number cf m'ne j operators were decidedly pessimistic overHhe outlook in the soft-coal fields. The chief trouble in the soft-coal fields\has been a ruinous competition, which brought with it repeated reductions in the wage .scale. Tlv.s competition \vas held in check while the N.R.A. wa�?Nin effect, and wage agreements were entered into to i run for the period the N".R.A. legis- ; lation continued in effect.\nam3ly : June 16th. It is mutually a'-'rwl by j the m'ners and operators th.at rho j Guffey bill will permit of continu'ng^ operations in the soft-coal fieMs. bur | if it fails to secure force of law by j Saturday next, a" str'ke. cnll o'ove.rinsl 400.000 miners in twenty-eight states! i-.,�.'��,-,n�.- pffective nt midnight on i Jui>e 16th.
John L.. Lewis, president of .the United Mine Workers, .iust'f'es f"h'� j *.-u-n mil r.n \}v* resumption that! unrf'stricteri cot !>eti,tion rn the rvi , of the operators cannot fail to lower wages njid increase the wovVirn h-urs. Although negot'at'ons f"" n . ,,,..!� ^"o agreement began on Feb- ! ruary 18th. no progress was marie , On April 1st an agreement was ar- j nr.pri pi to extend the existing wage i agreement t-o Juno 16th. Tiic deci-: sion of the sunreme court disallow- | in,��.-��(��'�'�� 'f\
leelslative effect i5 eiven the G-uffv iv'l before the end of the week, but otherwise one of the largest coal min'.ne strikes in the history of the nation may not. bo flvoided.
UNITED FARMERS OF ALBERTA PLEASED WITH FEDERAL LEGISLATION
As a result of a petition presented ! lo the city council on Monday even- ! l}^ the stores carrying gents' funrsh- I jrjirs, ladies' wear' and novelf.es. as \ "�11 as furniture will remain open j Saturday evening until 9 o'clock � rmg the summer months. I
Edmonton. June 10�The United Fanners of Alberta nre pleased with hhe action taken by Premier Bennett to regulate future marketing cf Cnn-ada's wheat, but this satisfaction i< hv no mc:in> gone'.'at. A.s the matter, is understood the gra'n board to be set up will exercise the powers for- i merly vested in fJolvn I. Macfarl-mrl. Witli respect \o the prohibition J against dealin? in wheat futures tlv.<(: general opuiion 'is tihe prohibition will simply shift the futures trading from Winnipeg to Chicago. WTi\at the fanners show much interest in is | whether the p.'.nv Iri-ain board will at- j tempt to move Canada's wheat sur- I plus at the market, or v. ill contiime [h6 MACfarland policy of holding for1 an advance.
MONTREAL SUCCEEDS IN FLOATING BONDS TO VALUE OF �12,000,000
Montreal June 10�The city of Montreal has succeeded in floating twelve million dollars worth of nu-n .pivcxinin^x the predicted val-j
pps of the drillinq-Ht^ will be realized
the adventure of Nechako Golds car- '
r'es great possibilities, and as to the �
efficency of its cold-washing plant'
the management, is even morlKconfi- |
dent than it is as to the accuracy a'.'
the bench drilling. The gold-wpshinr,
plant has incorporated the bt?t fea- 1
hues cf the mest approved rr.ethod.s
of' pravir-waning now employed in
California nnd t> the�e ha: bc?ri
added an e'ecirlcal treatment of the
gravels in the last section of" the extensive sluice system. Ths water for j
the washing cf the gravels :s heavily
impregnated with salt and this in
combination with the electrical treatment ;s .-aid to clean the s-qld in th?
gravels so that the highest recovery
is mide possible. A miniature of the
ni-int now being nut in oparat'on at
Miworth was erected on tho ccact to
prove the claims of Harley Reed.
suncr'ntendent for Nechako Golds,
who designed the electrical process.
and actual results in the miniature
,-,i.-iit r >'(�>''r'�d against assays are
claimed to show a recovery cf PS',
( f the gold values. It is largely tho
wafhing plant which gives the njan-�i'jn"'"nt <"f Ne^hako Golds confidence in the efficiency of ,its h'g washir? plant. If tho recovery can be made with the miniature equipment it is asserted there ;s no re�sm t" ir^'it substantially the same results will attend petual washing with the bic eauipment.
The washing plant and dredue now mt-'tM.-h pi !\.Tiwo;th cost the W-rViTko n-rlds Fcvnethinnding a corner parked the car and made Irs escape j by scaling a number of fences. When | the police searched the car they I found $15,000 of the Weyerhauser | ransom money- hidden in it. As the police have an excellent descripb'on : of Mahan. through his criminal re- ' cord, his early arrest is regarded as ccrtn/.n.
j. Edgar Hoover expresses confi- | denco he will have all implicated in ! the Weyerhauser kidnapping under arrest wr'thin :i few days, and that the greater part, of the ransom nay- ' ment- of $200,000 will be recovered.
GREAT MAJORITY OF RELIEF CAMP STRIKERS CAME FROM THE EAST
Victoria. June 10�A check-up of tho relief ramp strikes now making1 their way to Ottawa va the box-carl route over the C.P.R. nnd C.P.R. systems is said to disclose the fact that 85 per cent of me men had been in British Coluriiibra for six months or. Ik-o when the strike in the relief; tamp-s was called. The authorities :.n j most of the places visited by tho' Ftrikers on their eastern journey are; hostile to the men. but they have i met w'th considerable success in' soliciting aid.
this nvik-rs ix)ssible the closing out ! of one-half the sluice equipment, and ' would permit cleaning- up on one side whie washing continues on the other.
The Prince. G-coree visitors did not I ho.ve nri ooportunity'to see the washing plant in operafon on Wednesday. (Continued on rage Six)
REV. J. KING GORDON ACCEPTS NOMINATION OF C.C.F. IN VICTORIA
Montreal, June 11�Rev. .J. King j Gordon-, professor of Christian ethics < p't United Theological College of I �\T~-nM-piL l'�s tc�c:rrar>ried his ac-{ ceptance of the C. C. F. nomination j for the Victoria constituency.
Ethiopia Gets Royalties as Well as Automobile Highway from Lake to Her Capital
London, June 10�While Ethiopia and Italy have been engaged in warlike gestures toward each other Great Britain has pulled off a deal with Ethiopia v*hich has been hanging fire for many years. In the development of Egypt and the Soudan the control of the waters of Lake Tsana in Ethiopia Ls an important factor. The lake is the source of the Blue Nile, the fall of .whiah is very precipitous and presents opportunities for a number of power installations. The power dams would be further available for impound'ng water to be used in irrigation in the Soudan, and to control the waters of the Nile "tce!f. The British plan of development was blocked in 1927 when the Ethiopian emperor decided to proceed with the development himself, and awarded a contract to a United States firm of engineers. When this company began the work the British put obstacles in the way and work on tihe project wps suspended. The throat of hostilities on the part of ttnly caused the emperor of.Ethiopia to change his mind on the power development. He stood in need of money, and con-s'deied it advantageous to hive Great Britain become interested in Ethiopia. Great Britain does not appear in the negotiations, which have been carried out in the names of the Egyptian and Sudanese governments with the emperor of Ethiopia, but Great Britain controls the Sudan and continues to have large Interests in Egypt.
By the terms of the agreement the White Engineering Corporation of - the United States will proceed with the construction of Lake Tsana dam. and the Egyptian and Sudanese governments will begin the construction of an all-weather motor road from Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, to Lake Tsana and provide 37-5.000 annually for its maintenance. The two governments will also pay a lump sum of $250,000 for the use of tho water, with animal payments of $50,000. The water is not reqirred immediately, but the agreement was sought a.s a measure of insurance for ultimate development in the Sudan and control of water iri Egypt. -------------o-------------.
Keen Contests in the School Sports
Shelley again copped the honors at the school meet held at Duchess Park on Saturday. Even with Gwen Bun-ton, their star performer in bed w'.th illness, Shelley managed to amass 75 points and gain the coveted honors. GLscome made a strong' bid with 63 points.
It was disappoint'Jig to see the lack of interest shown by the older pupils in the Prince George school. The girls burden was borne on the shoulders of a small contingent of the younger pupils, of whom Pat Parker was the shin'ng light. Ken Winn who could easily have totalled over 35 points shewed littlo interest. Those injeharge of the Prince George sports are disappointed alter the t;me and energy they have expended to get representation at the Jtuvor Olympics and also to make thn local meet a success.
All events this year were well contested, but only four records were broken and two tied. Doiiny Wimbles allowed the way in breaking two records by a good marg'n 'and equalling another. By virtue cf his good work Donny takes the grand chrimp-cmhip; Phyllis Tosoff of Shelley, held her own in the girls' events, beating Pat Parker out of t.he grand championship by three po'nts.
Those in charge of the day wish to express their appreciation of the excellent co-operaticri of all officials who so kindly gave of the'r time to make the meet so successful Thanks is also tendered to all thr-c who in any way assisted in the preparatiens for the meet.
One event that the spectators were sorry to miss was the discus throwing. This was bccas:oned by a small lad carrying it away from the school several days prior to the meet. T^r threw it. in some bushes on the roadside, and it has since nc.t been seen. If anyone knowing of the whereabouts of .same would, communicate w'th the pubic scfee&t. it would b:> apDrecistccL
Broad jump, boys, cixjn-K. Winn. J McLaren. C. Coukell. J. Pither. 10 rt. 3 inches.
Sack nice. boys. 7 :Mid under�H. r-.rj-dwin. R. To-r.fi". S. Shields. B. Tcwoff, R. Ewert. T. Harlow. R. Hornby 8 3-5 sec;
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