PRINCE GEORGE CITIZ
VOL. 9, No. 20.
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C., THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1926.
FIVE CENTS.
Lower A ssessment May Result in a Higher Mill Rate
Taxes Will be Lower Under 55-Mill
Rate Than Under 50-Mill Rate
of Last Year.
Substantial Gain Shown Last Year
in Percentage of Current
Taxes Paid.
The big question engaging aldernianic mind at 'present is
-the
the
WORLD IS TALKING PEACE BUT IS MAKING MORE
ARMAMENT THAN EVER
Paris, March 25.�Despite the talk of peace and the efforts of the league of nations, European nations continue to spend huge -sums for armament and ammunition. High officials agree that the present year will prove to be one of the best for armament and ammunition makers, as orders are pouring in on them from all parts of Europe.
KING VICTOR EMANUEL
WOULD ABDICATE IT
MUSSOLINI IS OUSTED^ SOVIET GOVERNMENT
PROPOSAL MADE TO
REPLACE COAL SUBSIDY WITH GOVERNMENT LOAN
London, March 23.�The government proposals in the matter of aid to the depressed coal-mining industry are said to take the form of an interest-bearing government loan to replace the heavy cash subsidy by means of which the industry has been carried along for the past year. This is taken as the first step in the-programme of state operation of the mines in accordance with the recommendation of the coal commission.
Paris. March 25,�An Italian antifascist .paper here pubishes the statement that King Victor Emanuel
would be prepared t> Italian throne in favor
abdicate the
mill rate of taxation to be imposed for tne current year. Tne budgec Has been prepared by Alderman Patterson, in his capacity as chairman oi the finance committee, and after going into the matter as carefully as possible he has reached the conclu-; ion there is no escape from an increase of live mills in the rate for 1926; which would make the rate 55 mills! While, this is disappointing to many who had hoped property | Copenhagen, March 22.�Dowager owners would be given the full bene-j Queen Louise, of Denmark, widow lit of the second cut of ten per cent of tne late King Frederick and in the assessed values, there appears mother of the present king, died to bo nothing for it but to face the j yesterday as the result of an attack
INVITED TO TAKE PART IN
DISARMAMENT PARLEY
Geneva, March 23.�A formal invitation to the Soviet government at
CHURCHILL AND SNOWDEN AGREE IN PLACING BLAME UPON THE UNITED STATES
London, March 25.�In the house of commons yesterday Chancellor Churchill and Philip Snowden, chancellor of the exchequer in the Labor government, agreed that the burden of responsibility for financial difficulties in the matter of adjusting war oUlgrations rested with the United States government, through the policy pursued in funding the obliga. tions of debtor nations.
f the crown Moscow to participate in the pre-
illl
prince if the Italian prince will.agree | liminary disarmament conference has to oust Premier Mussolini. j been dispatched to Moscow on behalf
of the council of the league of na-
DOWAGER QUEEN OF
DENMARK DIED ON SUNDAY
tions.
g j yesterday as t
situation. The only consolation is of pneumonia. the knowledge thai although the rate | year, for 1926 may be advanced, the " amount payable under it will be slightly less than, for the previous year by reason of the cut made in the assessment at the close of the year by the 1925 council.
In municipal financing in Prince George experience has shown that a collection of more than 60 per cent cannot be figured upon, and it becomes necessary to carry approximately 40 per cent of the tax levy as a contingent expenditure for the year less the reduced amount re-
She was in her 74th
Oppose Daylight
TOM MOORE LABOR LEADER, DENOUNCES SECRECY IN
IMMIGRATION POLICY
Montreal, March 23.�Tom Moore, president of the trades and labor council of Canada, in an address to the convention of railway shopmen last night, denounced what he termed the secrecy surrounding the federal government's immigration policy.
QUEBEC PLACES TAX
ON HOTEL MEALS COSTING
rOWCT rlCLTl N0W\ more than one dollar
TEMPORARY AID FOR MINE OWNERS IF THEY ACCEPT
COMMISSION'S FINDINGS
London, March 25.�Premier Raid-win made the statement in the house yesterday that the government will jive temporary aid to the mine owners if thev will agree to accept the finding of the government's commission on the coal mining industry.
EARLY NAVIGATION
PROMISED ON GREAT LAKES
Aleza Lake Family Stricken with Two Sudden Deaths
Dr. E. J. Lyon of Opinion Deaths
Due t� Some Form of Severe
Poisoning.
Attention Received in Local Hospital
Saves Lives of Two Other
Children.
Sault St. Mario, March 23.�Open water has appeared in the St. Mary's river below the rapids, and the prom, ise is for an even earlier opening of navigation than was expected.
Big Show Planned to Raise Funds for the Nurses' Home
Alderman Moffat Exolained
Members of Council Were Investigating Cost.
Quebec, March 23.�The third That, reading has been given to a bill in j the provincial legislature which im-| noses a tax upon all meals served in j hotels and restaurants the cost of
JSSdTr Sinking fund ^Vision by Sentient of Meeting Is Opposed to reason of the reduced tax payments. Unnecessary Expenditures at
This practice makes the estimated Present Time.
expenditures for the year appear j much heavier than they otherwise would be shown.
j
j which exceeds one dollar. The meas-
ould be sh
When it was known that the suggested increase in the mill rate, on the estimated ratio of collections,
A meeting of the members of the local propertv owners' association j d M j
NEW YORK BANDITS CALL FOR MUSIC AS THEY ROB
PATRONS OF CAFE
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was held on Monday evening to dis-j New York, March 23.�The latest cuss the proposal to inaugurate a > novelty in the wav of robbery was twenty-four-hour power service.' introduced last night when four rob-
would not exceed $3900. it was sug-| Tnere wag an attendance of about J bers entered one of the fashionable tasted that it might be good business' twent y members. Mayor Taylor was'
for the council to permit the old rate to stand, and to take a chance on showing, a deficit of this amount at the end of the year, but an exami-
present as well as Alderman Moffat, chairman of the power committee, and Alderman Praser. Alderman Patterson, who has been the strong-
nation of the budget indicates Alder-j egt at]vocate of the extended power
.. Patterson has contemplated taking all the chances which a safe administration might take and still ex. pect to come reasonably close to paying its way.
service, was not present as the result of a misunderstanding in the invitation which had been extended to members of the municipal committee. R. W. Alward, who served as
cafes. They commanded the leader of the orchestra to keep the music going while they rifled the cash register'and stuck up about seventy patrons, relieving many of them of their money. The robbers took so long over the job that news of the hold-up was carried to the police and they gathered in the four robbers.
In his budget Alderman Patterson i mayor last year, and who is said to shows $122,483.27 will be required, haye g.iven somfi consideration to the to meet the expenditures for the cur- 24-hour service during 1925, was Tent year, but in this total there is; present. Whatever views he may the contingency item of $15,200 to j nave entertained with respect to the cover taxes in the levy which will' Droposai the ex-mayor made it clear not be paid. Estimates of revenues; at the meetinG: that, in his opinion,
d i hd f ipts are di hih th
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under various heads of receipts are ht it b
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an expediture which the h t
uder various hs p ^ wag n0^ an expediture which
given at $51,610, so that it becomes, cit couid undertake at the present necessary to raise $70,873.27 by a tjme>
tax levy upon the real property. His, Alderman Moffat explained that proposal is to strike a rate of 26.10; t^e members of the council were not mills to cover interest and sinking | committed to the introduction of the fund charges, which would produce; 04-hour service at the present time. $33,885.26; and a rate of 17.30 mills j A]j that \a($ been done was in the for school purposes, which would pro-! nature of investigatine the probable duefe $22,454.13; and a general rate j cost of tne serviCe. Even this work of 11Q0 mills to produce $1505594;-^j t b mpleted and unti'
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO SHUTS OUT OTTAWA IN
ALLEN CUP SERIES
Toronto, Mar. 23.�The University of Toronto shut out the Ottawa Gunners 2-0 last night in the second of the series of games to decide the eastern Allen cup championship and Qualified to meet Port Arthur in the dominion finals.
More Than Fifty Performers Appear
in Two Nights Bill at the
Capitol Theatre.
Operatic and Comedy Sketches, Solo
Singing and Dancing Included
in Programme.
The sudden death of two children of Mr. and Mrs, G. S. Mohr, of Aleza Lake, on Monday and Tuesday, created considerable uneasiness on the part of the health officials of this city. The father arrived in the city on Tuesday morning's train with the body of one daughter, Beulah, aged five, and shortly after word was received that a younger daughter, Vida May, aged two, had died suddenly in the family home. v.Mr�^i Mohr brought the body of the second child to the city on Tuesday's local t,rain, and brought also two other children, a girl of four, named Freda, and an infant. The two children were rushed to the hospital. The infant was shortly discharged, hut for a time the life of the child Freda was in imminent danger. She was out of danger this morning and her recovery is considered a matter of a few days.
Dr. E. J. Lyon. who had charge of the children in the hospital, is of the opinion the children suffered from a strong form of poisoning, the exact nature of which will probably not be disclosed until an analysis can be made of portions of the organs of the deceased child, Ida May.
News that Mrs. Andrew Young, who had assisted in the nursing of the children at Aleza Lake, had been stricken with the same complaint trave rise to the fear that an epidemic of some nature had broken out. This fear was allayed upon the arrival of Mrs. Young in the city yesterday when it was ascertained she had no temperature and was suf_ fering more from nervousness and h hi l
The entertainment which has been planned for the evenings of Thursday and Friday, April 8th and 9th, to increase the fund for the nurses' home, in connection with the city
hospital, is the most pretentious j strain than anything else, which has been undertaken in Prince G. S. Mohr, the father of the vic-
of 11.GO mills to produce $15,055.94; making a total tax levy of $71,395,-;�,'or a surplus of $522.06 over the estimated requirement.
In^defence of his budget, and of his unwillingness to take a further
not been completed, and untP i cost could be ascertained it would difficult to say how the proposal uld be regarded by members of i council. Mr.vor Taylor, while admitting the
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chance of a deficit of $3900 by re-, ar]vantages which would come with
the seivice did not appear as an ad-
t
taining the present 50-mill rate, Alderman Patterson says he has been liberal in the estimates he has made of the revenues. With respect to some of the estimated expenditures he is confident they will be found to be over rather than under the mark. Had regard been given to all the
considered by the members of j ^r.C,}1Prs of the property owpers' as-
of the Plan an<\ gave the ]m->p�ion his attitude world be that of rloferring action for the present. Alderman Frasor was not in favor of P"inkin�r expenditures for a 24-honr ptrvice at the present time, and this virtually shared bv all other
the council as imperative the mill, . rate would have been set at 58. j +;f
While it may be noted there are p( increases in the mill rate this year for interest and sinking funds, as ^ well as for school purposes, it can be ,.� explained by reason of the reduction "!:ide in the assessment values.
the asessmen value, j ^(j nr> These were cut not only by the gen_ i +Vom?�lv eral reduction of ten per cent made by th tii il b
�in( op w**o spek* li"on the ouo-t-n including A. E. SibW, <5eorge ,�',.�� C. A. W"� and R. McCanVry. Having satisfied thpn^selvps Jthat ho oroieet had not ivnnrpiRfd be-on d fhe stage of investigation as to robi�ble cost, tKe nroperty 'owners not feel called upon to place on recofd. and a resolu->'
the in pip r
in this instance beinjf 2.75 mills, but c, , ' '; is accounted for in necessary jvtj work which the council considers it uc imperative to undertake this year, �� anft to the increased pedice estimate, fhe most epeourntring feature of J e municipal financial situation is the. rising percentage of collections
unfler the tax levy. While thp ac- RADICAL GROUP IN FRENCH counts have not yet been definitely closed om\ for the yfear the cot) >etion ' t: " ;' ia "iv'n r,t lU.^.nin. vhirh is -^methine in excess of the estimated
the lTnitod States plant r'X of water from Lake .� on internal waterway. n,, ,-.-�.j Canada wanted the water .�d not comijansfitioni Horn A. E. Mp%hen deri linUed that tho ^United States submit the question to an j[n-ternational commission.
COMMONS SIDETRACKS
WOODSWORTH'S MOTION
AFTER LIVELY DEBATE
Ottawa, March 23.�The resolution of J. S. Woodsworth, Labor member for Winnipeg, which recited that Canada should refuse to accept responsibility for the British foreign policy, was sidetracked in the house of commons yesterday after a lively debate.
FORMER KAISER ANXIOUS TO MOVE FROM DOORN IF
HE SECURES CONSENT
Geneva, March 23.�The Swiss newspapers carry a story to the effect that former Kaiser Wilhelm is negotiating the purchase of a chateau of Trevans, near Lugano, and will
move his residence the consent of the be secui-ed.
from Doom if authorities, can
MILLION DOLLARS REWARD OFFERED FOR HEAD OF
GEN. FENG YUSSIANG
Shanghai. March 23;�The military
povemor of Shan; the Eveninp News ward of one millii head of General F leader of the natio i\ record in head p with the Chinese d
bai. according to
hji^ offered a re-n dollars for the
no- Yussianar, the lal army. Tfiig is ices in connection
^turbances.
George. All told there will be more than fifty persons taking part. A great deal of time has been given to preparation, and the promise is for two nights' entertainment which will be deserving of a generous patronage aside from the purpose to which the proceeds of the box office will be applied.
The programme will open with an overture by the Greenfield orchestra, which will be followed by one of the choruses from Pinafore, with Miss Rose Jackson appearing as Buttercup, assisted by members of the male glee club.
Mrs. Hodgson and Miss Kate Ren-wick will appear in a folk song and dance, and will be followed by little Miss Demas in a jazz dance.
Then c<*mes a presentation of the "Three Little Maids from School," from the Mikado, by the Misses Helen Quinn, Jane Wilson and Gladys Wilson, and a chorus composed of Misses ^Muriel Rogers, Helen Abbott,
Robertson, Andersen, Phoebe Davis and Marjorie Renwick.
Two selections from San Toy follow, Gerry Paschke singing the solo, ''Petals of the Plum Tree are Falling," and being followed by "Yen How rnd His Six Wives," Mrs. A. H. L.M>'b appearing as Yen Ho��� .Mrs. Hodgson as the umbrella bearer, and Misses Dorothy Saunders, Francis Saunders, Jean Wimbles. Barbara Nichols, Joyce Campbell and Ida Corless as the wives.
Two cornedv sketches are also included in the bill. Tn "Box and Cox" Fred Saunders will appear as the
Nan Robertson, Jean Helen McMillan, Inga D
tims, is very much shaken over the calamity which has overtaken his family. He says the children were playing about the house on Sunday morning, apparently in the best of health, some of them amusing themselves at drawing with crayon pencils. About noon Beulah, a girl of five, complained of pains in the ab_ domen, but no alarm was occasioned until shortly after midnight. About 2 o'clock in the morning the child's condition became �o serious it was decided to dispatch a messenger to Giscome to secure the services of Dr. Laishley. The doctor responded to the call as quickly as possible, but the child died at 8:30 on Monday morning, or within twenty hours of the first complaint of illness.
The father arranged to bring the body to this city on Tuesday morning's train for burial. When he left the other children appeared to be in good health, but shortlv after his departure Freda, a girl of four, made complaint to her mother of feeling ill. Mrs. Mohr then decided to bring Freda to Prince George on the local train, but before the train arrived Vida May, a girl of two years, was stricken with the complaint and died before she could be put on the train.
Since her reception in the hospital the child Freda has made a partial recovery, but she and a fourth child have been isolated in the hospital until the medical men can satisfactorily diagnose the complaint.
An inquest was opened to ascertain the cause of the death of the child Vida May yesterday afternoon
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former and T. S. Carmichae] as the I by Coroner Harry Guest and a jury 'n^er. :^<] Mrs. Hod-rsop as the land- ! composed of W. J. Pitman. William lady. "The Coffee Stall" is the title Bexqo, G. C. Sinclair. J. Powers. Rov of the p��obnd sketch, with Thomson | White and Bruce Parker, and an ad-O�-ir. William Bexon, Fred Saunders j.iournment was taken until Dr. E. J.
T_ MARIONS WIN PIG"T TO P^ AY IN THV. NATIONAL HOCKEY FINALS
and Allan Douglas in the several roles.
Mrs. Alex. Hutchison will sine the "Flower Song" from Faust, and Miss Tnca Andersen will appear ina novels 'lance. Thomson Osre is np thrt bill for a song and comir* songs will �ii^i be �iven by Rfnior FV-vt.^ -,T1r; Grorge Tapping. Corporal Walker, who made a big hit at the St. Patrick's concert, wil] repeat his Irish
Thp mnnarrnmont of the.affair the '-"vnds of Mrs t r � p.m.;
*> in amnla 'v - ri ] \ �
Lyon could perform an autopsy.
PRESIDENT COOLIDGE
LOSING INTEREST IN THE
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
lif
Mo
ill
CHAMBER WILL OPPOSE
drmv last nicrhj v von the :; sriea with Tbo M�roj ns now play off with Ottaw league championsli
three-hour performance.
24.-sbiircr team to a
a EJ-3 score, but ix coals tn four, i ,ve tne ne-hi to I IPMF.PfAT. CONFERFNCF. NOT
ltO
Washington, March 23.�Further developments will nrobably determine the action of tbo United States with respect to the anticipated invitation to jo'n the league of nation?! conference. Tu view of the trend of-opinion in cb'ngre s Preisid ni Coni-idge has expressed the opinion tha~ ii mav be deei< led to be ui that tl:e United States should sand
CAMPBELL RIVER POWER
OPENED TO CAPITALISTS
National
AFFECTED BY CONFUSION
IN.LEAGUE OF NATIONS
INCREASED SALES TAX KING OF CLUBS WON
____�� LINCOLN HANDICAP
Paris, March 23.�The . radical j- hb f dti h '
60 ppv cont, the highest in several group in the chamber of deputies has |. London. March 2 s. and a gain of eicrht per cent decided to oppose Finance Minister twenty-six, 1
over the recovery for- the previous Perett's financial proposals for an Lincoln handicap yesterday. year. The reason for this is doubt- increase in the business turn-over tax�JPas second and Vessingt (Continued on Page 4) . - from 1.3 to 2- per cent.
third.
�Tn a field of Clubs won the Zionist ington Stnr
Victoria. March 25.�Hon; T D. Pattullo, mini | r of laft . :.;.,�.(�;< �J�~� ' the anriouitccmenT thai ; � pover
London. March 2').�Official de-; rights on Campbell Hvef bnve been ntai has hov.n given to the report!cancelled and that person that the meeting of the British im- to utilize the river may ojhmi D< ti-perial conference will be postponed ations with thp government in consequence of the confusion in Am'il
B has river
q jj
the League of nations over the pro-, held the nowcr rights on the posed extension of the membership since 1910 and accomplished notning
of its council.
in the way of development.