PRINCE
LIBRARY VICTORIA, B.C.
Vol. 18, No. 4
PRINCE GEORGE.  B.  C         THURSDAY,  JANUARY 23,   1936
KING GEORGE V DIED ON MONDAY NIGHT
Radio Carried Sad News to Every Part of the World 'Within a Few Minutes�Departed Monarch Rendered Signal Service To His Country in First Year of Reign
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MEMORIAL SERVICES
KING EDWARD VIII SUCCEEDS
London, Jan.-20�Death came to His Majesty King George V at Sandringham Palace at 11:55 o'clock tonight., At the bedside of the King were Queen Mary, the Prince of Wales and other members of the royal family. When life departed from the king's body his physician, Lord Dawson of Penn, turned to the Prince of Wales and said: "Ytour majesty, your father is dead," and thus became the firstf~td~address the new Icing.
It is now disclosed that those close to the king were apprehensive for his hearth since Thursday last, and shortly after realized there was little hope for his recovery, Contributing causes to his death were his fall from his hoise �while he was in France during the World WJar, and the se-j-iouo illness he suffered when he received a chill at the Armistice services in London in 1928. Three years later he had a touch of pneumonia, and more recently he suffered two strokes of some severity. The immediate cause of his death wits bronchial and heart trouble.
King George came to the throne on the death of his father Edward VII, on May 6th, 1910, and during his reign his empire passed through the greatest strains in its history. It is doubted if any ruler.. in modern times enjoyed the world-wide respect shown for George V. He died in the palace he loved best, where he had spent some of the happiest hours of his life.
When King Edward passed away, after a brief illness, the new king was comparatively unknown. He was not yet forty-five, and two generations had passed since England had known a sovereign under fifty. His early life had been without any great or stirring incident. He was born on June 3rd, 1865, the year of Lord Palmerston's death, at Malborough House, the second son of Edward Prince of Wales, and his young Danish bride, Alexandria. A strict but happy childhood was terminated at the age of twelve by entering upon the rough-and-tumble career of a naval cadet on the Old Britannia, and two years later by a trip round the world as midshipman on the strength of a British man-o'-war. Before he was sixteen Prince George had helped to sail a ship across the Atlantic and the Pacific, had seen Trafalgar. Gibraltar and Teneriffe, and the West Indies, and most of the points of interest in the South Seas and the Par East. For a time the future king was lost in the calling and designation of an English naval officer. In 1892, he had reached the rank of commander, and his naval career was terminated by the death of his elder brother the Duke of Clarence, with his elevation to direct succession to the throne. In the same year he was created Duke of York, and a year later married Princess Mary, daughter of the Duke of Teck.
On his father's succession to the throne as Edward VII, in 1901, the prince made another tour of the world, this time as an imperial ambassador, with the especial purpose of opening the parliament of the new Commonwealth of Australia. It was at the end of this tour, that, speaking at the Guildhall, he made his first appeal to the imagination of his countrymen and his future subjects on the desirability of the peopling of the empire dominions with suitable British settlers, as the surest way of binding the dominions to the empire.
There followed eight more years, curiously uneventful compared with the crowded years which were to come, when in the late spring of 1910. King Edward sickened of bronchitis and died after a few days illness. There were some who said King Edward had been hurried into his grave by the proposal of a Liberal ministry to create 500 new peers to ensure the passage of radical measures in parliament. There is no doubt the king had been depressed for some time before his death, but other factors beside politics may have caused the death of a man of sixty-eight years, who had lived his life to the full,
With public affairs, however, the new king was quickly vexed. Before his father's death the lord's famous decision to "damn the consequences" and refect the commons budget early in 1910, had brought on a eeneral election which left the reforming Liberals, with their Labor and Irish Nationals in possession of the political field. There had followed the prime minister's carefully worded threat:
"If   the  lords   fail  to   accept   our
policy------we shall feel it our duty
immediately to tender advice to the crown as to the steps which will have to be taken if that policy is to have statutory effect in this Tmrlinment - - - If we do not find ourselves ia a  position to  ensure that statutory
authority, we shall then either resign our offices, or recommend a dissolution of parliament. Let me add this, that in no case should be recommend a dissolution except under such conditions that will secure that in the new parliament the judgment of the people, as expressed at the election, will be carried into law."
The only comment Premier Asquith would make on the situation created was, "Wait and see." What the world saw was the death of one king and the accession of another. On the new king's decision hung an unavoidable constitutional struggle, fraught with momentous issues. The first political act of King George was an attempt1 to make peace between the warring political parties. The dilemma was that''if the Toiies and the Liberals persisted^ in their attitudes the second chambervof parliament would be irreparably weakened. On the other hand, if the kingtopk sides with the Tories to save thexpeers from disaster, another essentiaKof the constitution, the throne would" be brought into peril. The king labored for a conference. There were twenty-one meetings of a conference, but they resulted in nothing promising a settlement. The king accordingly agreed to a dissolution of parliament, and gave his word to the prime minister that if the country showed unmistakably it was prepared to support the parliament bill he wculd regard it as his duty to end the impasse between the Liberal majority in the commons and the Tory majority in the lords by the creation of a sufficient number of peers to secure the passage of the measure. Tlie government went to the country, and after the election the Liberals with their allies commanded a majority of 126 in the lower house, and the pasage of the parliamentary bill became a certainty.
On Febrary 7th, 1911. King George with Queen Mary by his side drove in the gilded state coach to open the new parliament. In his address he said: "Proposals will be submitted to you without delay for settling the relations between the two houses of parliament with the object of securing the more effective working of the constitution." The lords refused to yield and continued militant. They debated the commons bill throughout the sess'on and too late suggested compromises. In the end they sent the bill back to the commons with dra5tic amendments. The king it is said then urged Premier Asquith to delay no longer in making use of the royal powers promised him. On July 21st Premier Asquith acquainted Mr. Balfour, the Tory leader in the commons, with the situation. Three weeks later the parliament bill passed the lo�-ds with a maiority of seventeen. King George in the first year of his reign thus rendered signal service to his country, and most of those who took part in the conflict lived to see. a quarter of a century later, that the monarchy had become immeasurably stronger, more loved throughout Great Britain, and more respected throughout the world.
Later services of King George are tco-well remembered to need citation, but had he failed in the crisis which confronted him in the first year of his reign air pntirely different history of Great Britain might have been written.
London. Jan. 21�Arrangements have been made To.* the holding of the roval funeral on Tuesday. January 28th. with interment in St. George's chaoel at Windsor. Until the day of the funeral the bodv will lie in sta'e in Westminster Abbey.
Tendon. Jan. 21�King Edword VHI will be the designation of the new king. An intimation- to this effect was conveyed in a message from the kmsr to the lord mayor of London. Kiner Edward, accompanied by his brother find heir presumptive to the throne, the Duke of York, flew from Sandringham to London today for the ceremony of his recognition by the people of the capital as King of Great Britain and Ireland and the Dominions Beyond the Seas and Emperor of India, an empire comprising one-quarter of the world.
London. Jan. 21�Condolences to the widowed Queen Mary poured in from all the capitals of the world today. President Eamon de Valera and" former President William T. Co-igrave. of the Irish Free State sent a joint message of sympathy.
Mayor Patterson is making ar-.rajngetments for the holding of public memorial services for the late King George V. in the Strand theatre on the afternoon of Tuesday, January 28 th, the day upon which the royal funeral will take place. Realizing the Strand t heat.re is the most commodious, as well as the most central premises for the holding of services of such a nature Levi Graham, manager for the Prince Gccrge Theatres, has placed the Strand at the disposal of Mayor Patterson.
Mayor Paterson is desirous that that the services be attended by all residents of the city. He is in conference with the various clergymen, seeking their co-operation, and arrangements are being made for �.^curing the services of an efficient choir to assist in the -musical-part- of�the~ jtrognatt.�
The musical part of tiir services has been placed in the hands of W. J. Pitman and M.rs. J. Travis, who have undertaken te organize a community choir. AH singers willing to participate in the choral services are request�*! to meet at Knox church this evening at 8   o'clock.
{William Munro Headed the Poll For Aldermen
Electors Relied on Plumpers to Put Their First-Choice Candidate Over
HALF MAST
Flags   flown   half-mast�
Then can it be the king has passed
away? The  sad   news ^round   the  world   is
flashed, Wte mourn for Britain's king today.
Flags flown half-mast�
Though  ne'er  we saw  him,   honour
we his name; Then lay his kingly ashes with the
past.
And.  empire-wide, salute his  kindly fame.
LEW
The foregoing verses were written
by a student of the Baron Byng high
'"��school, when from one of the school
windows   the  lowering  of  the  flags
throughout the city was observed.
London Listens to Proclamation of New King
Historic Ceremony Observed at Different Points Amid the Booming of Guns
9  MONTHS  MOURNING
Coronation of Edward VIII Will Take Place Within Three Months After Mourning
London, Jan. 22�The accession of King Edward VIII to the throne of Great Britain and Ireland and of the Dominions Beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India, was proclaimed throughout the city this morning, the ancient custom being followed clcse-ly. The proclamation was read successively at St. James Palace, Charing Cross, Temple Bar and before the Royal Stock Exchange, while a salute of forty-one guns was booming from St. James Park. The reading of the proclamation was listened to by immense throngs at each of the several points.
One of the first official acts of King Edward was tine proclamation of a period of nine months mourning for his late father King George V. The coronation of King Edward it is understood will take place about three months after the expiration of the period of mourning.
King Edward flew from Sandringham. to London in his Red Dragon plane In preparation for his proclamation, accompanied by his brother the Duke of York, next in succession to the throne. There were some misgivings in this connection, and much relief when it was learned the king had landed .safely. While it is realized his majesty is a competent airman tile prospect of the sovereign being in the air is hard to reconcile in court circles. On the flight from Sandringham his majesty had a competent pilot at the controls, but even wi*li this the thought of his majesty and his heir apparent in the same plane at the same time was disconcerting. While he was Prince of Wales the king gave the court and the crown ministers much concern witih his fondness for riding spirited horses. In deference to this feeling the prince gave over his mounts, but it is a question whether his ministers will be inclined to accept the plane as less hazardous than the horses however spirited.
The accession of a new king requires the taking of a new oath of feality on the part of all public officials. The first to take the new oath in London today was Captain FitzRoy, the recently re-elected speaker of the house of commons. He was followed by Premier Baldwin and members of his cabinet.
THIS UPSET THE DOPE
Frank Clark Made Good Run for Third Place but was Nosed Out by Alderman Taylor
On Thursday last the electors of Prince George' decided the personnel of one-half of their aldermanic council for the next two years. When Returning Officer W. G. Fraser had completed his count of the ballots it was shown William Ronald Munro stood at the head of the poll with a vote of 223, Alderman W. L. Armstrong in second place with 208, and Alderman F. D. Taylor catching the remaining seat with 187. The surprise of the election came with the defeat of Frank Clark, who polled eleven votes less than Alderman Taylor. The unsuccessful candidate took his defeat in sporting style and intimated he is by no means finished with municipal politics, which is taken to mean he may be a candidate again next year.
There was but one ballot questioned on the count. This was one marked for Candidate Taylor, and contained three crosses in the space opposite Taylor's name. There was some talk of rejecting the ballot as one which could-be'identified, but Returning Officer: Fraser took a less technical attitude! \ If a ballot were good which showed- the intent of the elector'he said the one under consideration was triply so. The elector had manifestly intended to give Candidate Taylor all three of his aldermanic choices, and had placed three cresses In the place designated instead of the one stipulated. To his mind it ill-requitted the enthusiasm of the elector to reject the ballot and deprive him of his franchise, and as the counting or rejection would make no difference in the result of the -election  he  decided  to count  it.
The counting of the ballots dis-x-closed a somewhat unusual situation inHljat there were no less than sev-enfy-'twp plumpers, in which the elector restricted his or her choice, to one of those"entitled to vote for. Of the plumpers W-xL. Armstrong received   21,   W.   R. "Munro   19,   F.   D.
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Taylor 17 and Frank Clark 15. The ezcessive number of the plumpers is said to evidence the uncertainty of the elector as to the outcome of^the election, and the fear the candidate?" of his first choice might be nosed out if he split his ballot.  .
The most favored marking of the ballot was that indicating Armstrong, Munro and Taylor as the choice. There were 67 marked in this way. There were 60 ballots on which Clark replaced Taylor, and 28 from which Munro was dropped. There were 64 ballots on which the choice was res'ricted to two candidates. Of the ballots marked in this manner 17 were for Armstrong and Taylor, and a like number for Clark and Munro. All told  there were 334 ballots cast.
LTBERAL DINNER SET FOR TUESDAY EVENING HAS BEEN CANCELLED
The complimentary dinner and dance which the Liberals were to have tendered J. G. Turgeon, M.P.. on Tuesday evening has been cancelled in view of the~ funeral of the late King George taking place on that day. The dinner has been moved forward to the evening of Wednesday, January 29th. in the Frince George hotel. There will be no dance following the dinner, so that the company will be free to attend the dance in the Princess ballroom in connection with the farewell being tendered to W. L. Hornsby, cf the Royal Bank of Canada.
LINCOLN ELLSWORTH AND HOLLICK-KENYON HAVE BEEN RESCUED
London. Jan. 18�Lincoln Ells-wci th and Herbert Hollick-Kenyon. missing since November 23rd, \v"her they took off in their plane for e flight across the An*arctic, havi been rescued by the British royal research ship Discovery n. The airmen- reported they had run out of gasoline twenty miles from Little America and had to make a forced landing. Thev made the rest of the wav to the Bav of Whales on foot and made their camp on an ice shelf.j At no time did they lose hope of being rescued. Damage to tiheir radio equipment in making their forced landing prevented them from establishing communication with the outside world. Hollick-Kenyon was very fit when he and hfc comoanion were rescued, but Ellsworth was suffering from a cold.
Police Officers Relate Tragedy of Cooper Death
Was Killed by Poplar Top That Snapped Off When Struck by Trees Being Felled
BODY FOUND NEXT DAY

Injured Man Staggered for 300 Yards Seeking Help Before He Collapsed in Snow
Coroner M. W. Skinner opened an inquest on Tuesday morning into the "tleathf, of Albert.. Arthur uooper, oi Murtch Lake, whose body was discovered on the highway in the vicinity of the lake on the morning of Thursday, January 16 th by a brother-in-law, J. Weisbrod. The finding of the body was reported to the provincial police and Constables Cook and Forrester were dispatched to the scene to investigate. From their report it was possible to piece together the circumstances and arrive at a fairly accurate picture of the tragedy.
Their finding was that Cooper had been killed during the forenoon of Wednesday, January 15th, through being hit by the top of a poplar tree which snapped off and jumped after being hit by three smaller trees which Cooper was falling on the side of the government road, serving the Murtch Lake section. The time of the accident was fixed by the fact that Cooper had not eaten the nrd-day lunch he had taken with him. when he started for work en Wednesday morning on the clearing of the sides of the right-of-way of the road.
The police officers prepared a sketch of the scene of the tragedy, with approximate measurements from point to point, and secured numerous .snap-shots. The evidence disclosed that immediately before his death Cooper had been engaged in falling three small trees in a group. Each of the trees had been wedged so that they would fall celar of the roadway and Cooper, carrying his axe, had run several feet in an opposite direction and taken shelter under some standing timber. In falling the three trees hit a large poplar which was rotten at the heart, their weight being sufficient to bend the poplar over. As the weight slipped off the poplar it snapped back with sufficient force to break off about fifty feet from the top. This top shot out at an angle opposite to. that of the three trees that Cooper had been falling,, and pinned Cooper to tha ground. There was considerable snow -vwith a depression in the ground where Cooper stood, and these factors ^"doubtless explain why he was not killed-v,outright.
From the marks in the sitow Cooper had evidently^extricated himself from beneath the poplar and staggered on his feet to the roadway. where he had turned in the^direction. of the nearest house. There was.evi-dence Cooper had fallen a number ofv times, and at pours' his trail was stained with blood. It is believed death relieved his suffering shortly after he had last fallen, 300 yards from, the scene of the accident, where ihe body was discovered by his brother-in-law J. WeLsbrod, although the body was not found until the following day.
Dr. C. Ewert gave evidence as to his ]X)st-mortem on the body of the deceased. Nearly all the ribs had been crushed, and .he ascribed death as due to shock and hemorrhage. He gave it as his opinion the deceased could have travelled from the point where he was hit by the tree to the po!nt where the body was found despite his frightful injuries. ,_The jury, composed of George Oliver (foreman), George Porter, P. Finkerman, Richard Allen, G. L. Tapping and John Turnbull, returned  a verdict of accidental death.
STANDING  COMMITTEES OF CITY COUNCIL ARE \NNOUNCED BY MAYOR
The final meeting of the municipal council of 1935 was held in the council chamber at noon oi> Thursday and was followed by a meeting of the members of the 1936 council. Mayor Patterson administered the oath of office to Alderman Armstrong and to Alderman Munro. Alderman Taylor the third new member of the council was not in attendance. Mayor Patterson announced the following standing committees, the first named being chairman:
Finance�Aldermen J. N. Keller, W. L. Armstrong and W. H. Crocker.
Light and Power�Aldermen C. C Reid. F. D. Taylor and W. R. Munro.
Works�Aldermen W! L. Armstrong, W. H. Crocker and J. N. Keller.
Hou^ine�Aldermen W. R. Munro, C. C. Reid and F. D. Taylor.
Health�Aldermen W. H. Crocker. J. N. Keller and W. L. Armstrong.
Hosnital�Alderman W. H. Crocker council representative.