PRINCE GEORGE
PRINCE  GEORGE, S. C.       THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1934
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[Arthur Bellos Faces Trial on Assault Charge
Lmrnitted by Magistrate Moran
on Fr^ay Following Brief
Preliminary Hearing
GIRL BADL7 BEATEN [Recollection of the Fracas by an I p.c Witness Was Hazy When Given   in   Court
Bellos    was committed    for] " police  Magistra e  Moran  on '''afternoon   on    the  charge   of assaulted May Rowland, an in-nV the    Carmen     Montgomery, ,  on October 3rd.    The evidence Afnv Rowland as to the assitult was �J�on  Friday,  October  19th   after: , i ,bf. hearing was adjourned for | �k  ft was resumed on Frily last. a n,   E  J   Lyon was the first witness I   ,,L  i'pd  pave  medical   evidence   as 1      ie ,&ture of the injuries of   the whom   the   accused   was  charged -..��'Jiig. having been cai'.M  lo Montgomery    house     about    4.30 m; in the morning.    He found the on the  girl's head  matted  with to! which had come from two small or the 1?fti si�^ �f the head and Itio other cuts on the right side of the |Lad    There    were    a    number    of Ibruises on the head witih correspond- : line lumps, bruises and  lumps on her 1 forehead  on an arm and on a wrist, | land a contusion     of   the   right   eye.1 icoTX.ionly  described   as   a   black-eye. iThe doctor would not accept a sugges-Vaon the cuts on the girl's head could [be caused by a fist.   The bruisr-5 might |h?ve be?ri caused by  a  fist,  but  the. jails wre more   likely  'o   have  been [caused bv a   boot.     Under   cross-ex-anunatiori the    doctor     rejected   the 'su^suoc of    Mr.  Young    that    the (wounds on the girl's head might have iresaJtd when she fell to  the  floor.
Bert Goglin, a taxi-driver, was pro-! duct*! by the prosecution as an eye- | wtness'of the assault, but his re-: ! coUectior. of it was of most hazy kind. Graham McNamee would have made a much bettor eye-witness. He saw Bella1; slap" the girl a number of times, but was uncertain whether blows were delivered with an open I hand or a clenched fist. He saw the girl fall down, but .suggested fhis might have been caused by the room belne so ynall. He could not say that Bcllos kicked the girl on the head rhile .'.he was on the floor. He: thought Bellos might1 have uninten-tionally stepped on the girl's head. He saw the boot of the accused come in cortact with 'he �n>i'�; heid p mini- ; ber of times. He could not say just how many times, nor was he prepared tc say whether the contact of the boot "'�'h the girl's head was designed or accidental. To an impatient interro-rarion from the magistrate. "Did he kick hrr or did he not?" the witness! remained impassive. He recollected helping the girl to ge: out of the room, and that Bellos consented to leave the house with him after the fracas.
Under    crass-eami nation     by     Mr. Young the memory of the witness appeared  to  brighten    wi-h   resprct   to details    not    immediately     connected v'th the    assault.    There   had    been fnc drinking.     All   or   them   had   a �*� drinks but he could not say how nwny   nnd   the  assault  came   as  the ^uel to the party. Mr. Young called   no  witnesses   for defence and endeavored to set  up ttle, contention  the  ra.se  amounted  tn uff  n� niore  than a  drunken  brawl. .u      .� Wilson- deputed  this.  He -cnid evidence  showed   an   assault   had ^*n committed,  and  that   the victim (>  :��vsault   had   suffered   grievous "/��'�� hnrm.    He -�sked   for the committal of -he accused.
�lce Magistrate Moran intimated ^ 'mention to commit, but "at the ,""'""' �r coiincr"l for the accused de-Wed formal action until the next ^ so that an opportunity would be assented to apply to Judge Robertson r bail. Tn 'he interim Belles was flowed his liberty on an extension of us listing bail.
PRINCESS THEATRE MAY BE RENOVATED FOR INDOOR SPORTS
A movement is under way which] may result in the renovat'on of the Princess theatre, so that i; will be' adaptable for indoor sports" such as! basketball and badminton     ^U? prS'
posed   changes   include  the   laying   of I                                                                                          .
a level floor in the theatre. The in- [This Amount Must Be Made up ) Residents of Prince George have
Five Centa
Cut in Federal    Hon. H.G. Perry Defends
Kelief Payment        n ,.             n  , ,.    ...    ,
was $100,000   rohcy on rublic Works
 in the movement was taken! oy the devotees of basketball, but they ! fQfund ready co-operation from the badminton players. Levy Graham, on! oen&lf of  the owners of thp  rhMtrp
building  is said  er month. Jack action of the premier in refusing to transfer the men on the municipal re-Aitken was elected trensnrnr. ?nd:�ee representatives of the municipali-1 -^-ank Perry as official >-cribe. and with ties, representing 80 per cent of the' the executive were empowered to make' population of the province, to discuss the best arrangement they can with a matter of vital importance to the tho owners of 'h� Princess theatre i people of the province. It. is likely a The thr-at-n building ran be re?dil" | special meeting of the city council adapted to boh basketball "and baru i of Prince George will be. called to consider the matter.
From the correspondence it appears the executive of the Union of B. C. Municipalities under date of October 20th, asked for an early audience with
mintcn.   providing accommodation  for the players  as we!] as for sne^+'^s and     with     suitable     accommodation throughout   the    winter   both     ganr-i should   flourish    and    rece've  a   good
Legality of the Bellos Arrest is Being Argued
measure of support from the public in   Premier Pattullo and the members of j Jf Police Procedure Found to be
the way of attendance.
Stevens Dropped from Cabinet by Premier Bennett              �-
his cabinet to discuss the shift made i
in connection with the admin'<=tration:
of relief    in  the    municipalities.   Al- j
though  the  municipalities  set  out    n;
their request for an audience that the     CTnDV   _�
municipalities  could   not   assume   any \   ^5 1 vJK I    Ur
further responsibility     in    connection
at Fault Constable was Not Discharging Duty
matter could not be adequately dealt
further responsby
with relief,    and    submitted that the j Witnesses   Were   Agreed   as   to
matter could not be adequately dealt;      .,,.                        . ^
what Happened When Accused  Put up Scrap
quest  for a meeting with  the provin-cial executive  was refused.  In his se- ' cond   refusal   to  grant    an   interview;
Whether Arthur Bellas will be con-
Colleagues in the Government at | Premier Pattullo dLsposed of this lat- vic?ed orL th'e charge of obsti-ucUng a Variance with High-Handed      t-ade.     It   became     intensified   when Hon. H. H. S evens compiled his pam-
 se she fanted l_............
 relief campc where 4927  and he was obliged  to earn- her into  tainwl.
 ggion is                                              ur objected to the evdence
 error   was   committed   by   the  federal   as t,o the fainting of the girl, hold'ne
 i      i       reducing  the    federal   if   to  be   irrelevant   to  the  charge  of
 lif  b    s:00000                           '
 to  reli-f  by s:00-000  pcr  exp]fmatlon te said ro
 ototmcting'the police, but  P. E. Wil- son<  K_ c;_ contended it  was relevant
due   to   relief   cos til   for   nine   months   and  the  objection  of Mr having been taken ns the costs for an   overruled eniirs   year.     The   provincial   govern-
Young  w?.s
phlet  on   the   progress   made   by   the                                     agreement with
P-tevons   investigating   committee   into   '" price   spreads   aiKi   questionable   busi-and   the   end
The point  being  argued  tlr's   after-
ness practices, and tne enn became cer'aln'when, despite the withholding of approval. Mr Stevens persisted in his procedure wh'cn bad been resented   by  the  prime minister.
The two men reached-the p.vting of the wavs on Friday. It is now known ciefin'tely tha" when first renriniauded for his questionable ze:i] Mr, Stevens tendered his resignation as a member of the cabinet to the premier. Tt created a very d'fficul' situation. To have   accepted    it  would     have  been
Ottawa to accept .$l")0.000 in cr'scharge of the   federal   government's  responsibilities   in   the   matter   of   unemployment  relief.    This sum is the artrtary   Cook   undertook  to  arres    Bello: amount   fixed  by  the  federal  govern-   when the evidence of Constable ment. and  there was  no course  open to   the  provincial  government   but   to accept  it  under protest.
noon is whether the arrest of the nccused Bello5 wn.s a legal arrest There had been no information laid nor warrant   issued    when    Constable
and
hoc! been  taken Mr. �a   dismissal  of  the
Young moved  for case   hold-ns1   the
arrest   illegal,  and   that   Fn* making   it
'.'. the provincial government has Con.stable Cook was not ac ing in the done, c*r attempted to do. is to require dipchnrsre ofh is duty. The content'on the   municipalities     to     accepi    their   was advanced by Mr. Young that, the
^llrerci assault bv Bello-s of thc girl Rowland came within thp category of ca-scs in  which an arres'   could not be
bution   to   the  extent   of  $100,000   per   m-.ulo without  a warrant, equivalent,   to   admitting   the   conseJ"   mCnth;   if they rnnnot find the addi-       P   K.   Wilson   resisted  the d'smissal vatlve   government   was  not   prepared    tionn]   money" the   province   w;ll   ad-   He   said   h tc prohibit: the demoralizing practices, vancc u fts a lo.._n. if they refuse t.nJsj nn<.p the Stevens' probe had disclosed, while   measure of assistance and fail to pro-   then to condone the Stevens, program  was   v5de  rolief  for  which   they  are  liable   -he   defence,  and  this'procedure'was
.-�hare nf the increased relief costs re-cer-siuted by the reduction in the federal   government's  monthly     jntri-
desired   to   complete   th' the   prosecution   and   woul< sTiie  the   legal   point  ra;.cfd   bv
 b. hanson in the nning for vacancy ? bennett cabinet
n break-with b:fr business in   fche provlnce win supply the relief and
to invMt   .
Canada.     Premier  Bennett    evidently
decided  to  wait  and  see.  but instead
ri'
 the same to the municipalities. The retort    of  the    Un'on  of B.  C.
The  second   line   of r'cOncp  of
of heeding the rebuke given him Mr.   Municipalities   is   that   the   suggested   time Stevens proceeded to give further nnd   arf.angement is unfair and unjust, and    Cook
wa. Oct. 29-Iif thp vacancy in e Bennett cabinet caused by the �� Riiaaon of Hon. H. H. Stevens does tnen^ 1o Grote Stirling, the B. C. to 2 p for Yale- fclle honor may fall t}Vp f Hanson, veteran represenia-*ick      York-Sudbury in New Bruns-
oven more serious offence.    This r-nin-in  the  form  of  the pamphlet  hr  had p-nmred  in   the office,   purporting
-d wn but which in ncld'tion contained caustic   comment   by   the   minister   as   to
problem.
as   a   continuance   of   cutibn�K. A. Houphtaline. Charles H
unloading   upon     the   Van Somor    and    Louis Bontez__were
own   opinion ns  to when a  man  fa dnink  pn<1  in-
overnment  printing] num{cipalities   an   essentially  national   all   men   who  hnd   thei tn  be   a   review  of
It   has   been   dssclr-^ed   how   the   js1?
electors   were  located     in   the   South,
O"t   Crrorce ' poring   division.     Bv   a;
 n  it  was  fa"rly well estabHsh-
 ed that at e^hf' o'clock on th� evening  prior to his mix-up with Constable  Cook     the   accused     was   drunk.     So
lief list to a government payroll, and h.cidentallv rel:ev9 the city of the majcr portion of its unemploymcn. relief burden.
In the hasty decision the city council reached Mr. Perry says its members entiiely overlooked the very material benefit to the ci y which the prcsecurion of the works in question have been, and will continue to be to the city. It is true that so far the government has not taken men off the municipal relief list by giving them jobs, but the membeis of the city council appear t'o be ignorant of the fact that with respect to the several govern ment projects now in progress in the city, and within a radius of several miles of the ci y, residents of Piince Geoige have been given 57'/r cf the work. The logical deduction from- the action taken at the last meeting of the city counc 1 would appear to be that no one should be employed nn public works in the Fort George riding: until every man carried on the munic:pal relief list had been given employment.
So far from being blameworthy Mr. Perry says that, from the municipal viewpoint at leas.\ the provincial pub-Tc works department is deserving of commendation. He says he very much doubts if there is another self-governing municipality in the province which has received more consideration from the public works department than has the city of Piince George. Notwithstanding the very large number of men in the unorganized portion of the Fort George riding who have bean seeking employment, and who are direc:i charges upon the provinc'al government, the fact sticks out that 57% of the employment provided has bec*n given tc residents of the city of Prince George, who in the case of destitution would become the charges of the municipality.
The men who are en the mun'cipal relief lists are being taken care' of, doubtless to the fullest ex'ent of the financial resources of the citv: but after all they are charges of the city, and it re-quires no small s^re ch of the imagination to assert they are to have first call for any employment the government, may provide throughout the; Fort George r'ding. to (lie exclusion of the men on the government relief list, or of mer> who becoming destitute would become charge.1; upon rhe provincial government.
Having been served with a copy of the letter of pretest directed to Hon. F. M. MacPherson, minister of public works, by the- city of Prince George, and not being in accord wi h the censure there'n contained, Mr. Perry says he has deemed it advisable to make his )>ersonal representations to the minister en the mr.tter under coivjid-era'icn 'n the following letter:
"Dear Mr,  MacPherson:
"I have this morn-ing received a copy of a let'er sent to you from thc city cl~rk of Prince George, dated 24th instant, in reference to the Dubl'c works department here not employing city relief men on works in or near the city.
"The-  only   work  the  government  is' undertak'ng  within  the citv limits  is1 thp starting of "he new building to be used  ns mechanics', workshop.
"There is also the fill b�in resident population, with the supplementary assistance for relief now granted bv both federal and provincial governments. "Notwiths andinc
which   at   present
the  above    faefs do   exist,     though
^RALIA WILL HAVE _ DAY AIR SERVICE WITH GREAT BRITAIN
Commissioner   the  enumerator   regis-* intervening   f:ve   hours teied in South Port Geovere scores of! "^emeri   -o    <---"M\O->
the
Oct. 30�One of the out-fttim t � th� recen-t successful flight the n,ndon to Melbourne is seen \~ govern .IK1Hlncement that the Brittish distance tnai] aj a ^las aoreed to subsidize rv the tu-o passen�er ajr service between to iw,.., .^nts.    The schedule is said
for a seven-day passage.
what,   he evidence adduced should  oe    m]mff   of   nne    Dominion     Fi-anchisej drunk  that  he  was  sick:   but   in   the tak'Mi to mean
The attention of Prenver Bennett was directed to the offending pamphlet with rlie result that he seized and ordered to \w destroyed all comes remaining in the govprnment O"1^ Mr Stevens was in Winnipeg at the time on a western speaking tour but Premier Benne't. got him on the
electors who while living in the suburb  were    formerly    enrolled  on  the
process.    Constable Cook  was
�� rininken mnn could n^t- horj around
 provincial voters'   list   for  the  Prince j in the manner Bellos did while he was Geonre polling division.                          putting.h*m undei   arrest.
 telephone and had a '�"^  h         Mi    oav
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at   the   time   was reticent   as  to  tne
subject matter of the premiers com-
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John Porter, who formerlv r^sirf-oi on the Foreman Rx^d. died in the city hospital on Wednesday, Octobe:-31st. The deceased was an old-age r^r-^oner and had -been a patient in the hospital for several weeks.
There was agreement as to th� hich-Mqrhts in +he sc!~m> between Bellos and he constable.    Constable Cook  found Bellos   at   the   counter in  the   Prince /Teonre Errill.   Prom the door he asked Bellos to rome out of the prill as he (Continued on Page Six)
changes in the constitution may be desirable, the public works department, here ha.s no: limited employment to residents in territory administered by the provincial government, but has endeavored 'o nc-vst a large number cf municipal residents by giving them employment.
"In a spirit of "helpfulness and fairness the department therefore gayp the first chance for employment, after a number of needy cases from its' own jursdicion were employed, to the married men iit the municipality who were net on relief..but who were in need.
This would appear to any fairmind-ed person as the rght stand to take. but apparently the ci 'y council think this is not the thing to do bur to rather take care of the ones ac ually on relief  first.
"As the department is rotating the (Continued  on  Page Six)