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PRINC^gfeORGE CITIZEN
VOL.1&,    NO   20.
PRINCE  GEORGE,   B. t\  TUESDAY.  NOVEMBER 9th<   H>20.
K1VK CENTS
Premier Oliver to Run in
Both Delta and Victoria
 FIRST NOMINATED AT ENTHUSIASTIC1 CONVENTION AT VICTORIA ON MONDAY NIGHT—HON. JOHN HAKT, DR. HALL AM)  MH.  QLBARIHUE  OTHBK VICTORIA'NOMINEES.
(Special to Citizen.)
VICTORIA,      Nov.      8.__Premier
Oliver will run in two constituencies. Delta ""(I Victoria. At uii enthusi-,,.!.(¦ Liberal convention here on Monday night the Premier's nomination  was first and unanimous.
Hon. John Hart, minister of fin-;,,,,».; Dr. Hall and Mr. Clearihue Mir ;ilso nominated.
w. w. B. Mclnnis is an Independent candidate in Comox.
The entire Liberal cabinet will hold a great Liberal rally in Vancouver pn Tuesday  night.
Mr (¦"'rank Cooper is another riti-yr:i of Prince •eorge in bygone days who has returned here to settle down, convinced that this city is . ujiimenc.ing to "arrive." Mr. Cooper has been in Alaska for the past live years. He returned here this weok and intends to stay.
| DISTRICT'S FINAL CO13N1-
IV  LIQUOR PLEBISCITE
U«*t timing; Officer Peters    ami    Stall
Completed l/<»nn Task Today. The tiiui! count in the Fort George constituency's plebiscite returns was completed Friday by Returning Officer Peters! and his assistants, after three days' hard work  with the ballots.
The final figures are as follows: For Prohibition, '.',!{i. For Mor-eration, 988. Rejected ballots, 47. The absentee vote showed a total of 20'2, of which 40 were for Prohibition, 144 for Moderation, and 18 rejected, but this vote was compiled in  the piece-ding  total.
SENATOR SH.'.TFOICD DIED
AT VANCOUVER YKSTERDAY
Seized   With     Paralytic     Stroke   on Sunday  and  Died  in  Hospital
John S. Ross Comes Out
As Independent Candidate
VANCOUVER, Nov. S. —Seized with a paralytic sfroke on Sunday morning, Senator I.. W. Shatford died at the Vancouver General hospital at noon on Monday, lie was taken ill while dressing at his resi-dence on Davie street, and when medical help arrived he was partially conscious  but   unable  to speak.
Senator Shatford was a resident of British Columbia for thirty years. For fourteen years he bat as a member, of the Legislature, representing Similkameeh. On his retirement from the Legislature he was appointed Senator in 11*17. Since that date he has been a business partner of II. II. Stevens, M.P. He leaves four children, Miss Veta, who is now taking an art course in New York, Reginald, who is at McCill Univer-J sity, Fred, a student at University School. Victoria, and Gerald, a pupil at  the  Vancouver public schools.
FARMER OF FORT FRABER FOR    NINE   YEARS,   ANNOUNCES   HIS
CANDIDACY__FORMERLY A    PRESBYTERIAN   MINISTER—HAS
(;<M>I> SPORTING CHANCE IN      ELECTION.
CANADA'S GREAT FUTURE
IN   COMMERCIAL AVIATION
Sir .\i Whitten Brown, of Trans-Atlantic  Flight, Gives His Views in Vancouver.
A man named Nick Mrdall was convicted recently on a charge of selling liquor. He was fined $300 and paid the fine.
PREMIER AND  HIS WIFE
TAKE ABROPIjANE TIM PS
Thiel Detectives Clean Up Prince George Bootleggers
BKK OF (ASKS PENDING AGAINST BOOTLEGGERS OF THE  HAVE ALREADY PLEADED GUILTY—OPERATIVES IN  TOWN  FOR  PAST TWO \V BEKS—TRIALS   TOMORROW.
Brought in to clean up the bootleggers of the city, two Thiel Detective Agency operatives landed in the ( ity some two weeks ago to secure pvidence for the municipality against these places, which it is not easy for the local police to secure.
Two cases have already been brought before the magistrate's ( Aurt. One, ugain&t a woman of Chinatown', who waR fined $300 and costs for selling, and another case agaihBt Michael Serbinoff, who paid over $3 25 and costs. Both pleaded ! guilty.
Six cases are remanded until tomorrow at 10.HO. The Thiel operatives will then give their testimony against the accused, which will be interesting in so far as it will show how transactions between the, bootleggers and their customers are conducted.
The conduct of these cases is expected to reveril some surprising con-(litiaw— nrfto far as can be learned, in all cases the offenders appear for the first time. In cases where second offenders appear for selling liquor, jail sentences are imposed without  the option of a fine.
! Prime   Minister   Me4ghem  and    Mrs.
Meighen I loth Take Flights in
11. O.  Seaplane.
BLACKIB,     Nov.   8.....The   Prime
Minister, who remained for the week end at Kamloops, with Mrs. Meighen, spent half an hour on Saturday up in the air, being piloted by Major McLaurin in the Government seaplane 4000 feet above the lake, and tm thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Both the Premier and Mrs Meighen have now taken flights in the seaplane and have had a practical demonstration of the utility of these machines in surveying the vast timber limits of British Columbia. It is likely that an observation station will be established at Kamloops. while the one which has been operated at Morley during the paB summer, where land machines hav been used, will be moved to Calgar next year.
Other members of the party trav elling  with   the  Premi  r spent     th I week-end at Banff and Calgary.
VANCOUVER, Nov. 8.—"There is a great future for commercial aviation in Canada in the near future," said Sir Arthur Whitten Brown, a hero of the trans-Atlantic airplane flight, who crossed with the late Sir John Alcock, in summarizing his opinions of the possibilities in aviation on this side. Sir Arthur is here on his way to China, accompanied by I,. H. Duff, who has business interests   there.
Sir Arthur will address the Canadian Club on Thursday. "Possibilities of trans-Canada air service strikes me as being extremely feasible, though I favor a dirigible for this. Also, an aeroplane has to keep moving all the time, but an airship can hover. A forced landing in the Rockies in winter would be attended for an aeroplane with almost certain disaster."
Asked if he was Interested in the possibilities of a flight across the Pacific, he answered: "Very much indeed." He added that he thought it could be done, but not with an aeroplane, which suggestion ~has been  made,  and   which   he  rejected j
as impossible. With an airship it i A masquerade dance under could be done, and he stated that j auspices of the I. O. D. E. will he. expected to see the feat accom- held in the RittB-Kifer Hall plished in the near future.                  i Thursday evening next
At the eleventh hour an independent candidate has come out in this riding in the person of Mr. John S. Ross, a farmer candidate from Fort Fraser, and an ex-minister of the Presbyterian   church.
Mr. Rosh has been a farmer in the Fort. Fraser district for the past nine years. His name has been sug-gested in certain quarters as a possible independent candidate. He points out that of the 2940 names on the voters' list in the riding, 1443 are those registered as farmers or farmers' wives. On th«is fact Mr. Ross largely bas^s his hopes of a successful  campaign.
A manifeto which Mr. Ross is submitting to the electorate deals with his views on the political problems of this district. A synopsis of this will appear in the next issue.
Owing to the uncertainty of party politics in the present time of restless opinion, Mr. Ross stands a fair chow of success in the campaign unless either of the old parties produce unexpected inducements in soliciting support, in the nature of definite proposals of development undertakings which promise employment and ''good times."
BIG   MASQUERADE DANCE
ON  THURSDAY  NIGHT
bo on
130 Candidates for 46 Seats —-And Still They Come
PROVINCE HAS MANY POLITICAL    ASPIRANTS TO 1»ATE AND NOMINATIONS NOT YET COMPLE TED—NOMINEES   INCLUDE   SOLDIERS,   FAUMKHS,   LABOR,   I  NDKPEXDKNTS     AND     A     KENT- j PAYER.
'BOTH   ROTTEN  EGGS,"
BIT  CHOOSES  BOW8EJ
"Fighting  .Foe**   Martin   Is   Inttepen dent  Candidate—Terse (Vitic
nt'   Situation.
VANCOUVER, Nov. S. Fully 130 <andidates are in the field for the . 4 0 seats in the Legislature, and nominations are not yet completed. Wednesday will decide the actual number. Soldiers, Farmers, I,abor and Independents are crowding the list, and in Vancouver one of its 30 candidates is the nominee of rent-payers, who are seeking Government control of rentals, houses and apartments.
Premier Oliver and Hon. Dr. J. II. King reached Vancouver from Nelson after their tour of the Kootenay.. They proceeded to Victoria to attend a meeting of the cabinet on Tuesday. At Victoria "might (Monday) the Liberal ticket will l>,> selected. A Nelson dispatch intimates that Premier Oliver will' 'iq a candidate in Vieu ria. This may l»e true, but it is a change from the Programme talked of during last week. Hon. .John Hart, Dr. Hall and Mr. George Bell, three members oj the lat Legislature, wish to run again, and it was intended to suggest a returned soldier for the fourth member of the ticket. There has been, however, a demand that the Premier run' there as well as in l)elta, and it is possible that he will he tendered the unanimous nomination.. For the Premier to run in two places is not unusual, .the late s>r Richard McHride some years ago wiis a candidate in both Dewdney and Victoria, and was victorious in l>oth constituencies. There are, already, 19 in the field in Victoria, I'esideft the Liberal ticket. Alderman Todd is the latest independent to appear.
H.   C.   Helgeson,  of  Mvtchosin,  is
VANCOUVER, "Nov. 8.—W. R Ros.s, former minister of lands, is back from Fernie. He announces he will not be a candidate there, and it is unlikely if he will run in any other constituency.
Joe Martin, indendent candidate in Vancouver, in an address criticising both parties, said, "IJoth are rotten eggs, but if 1 must choose, favor liowser."
the Liberal candidate in Esquimau against R. H. Pooley. Conservative. Mr. Helgeson is a returned veteran and son of the former member for that riding.
The'week-end cleared up a number of uncertainties in suburban centres. Major Martyn received an official nomination in Dewdney, and as the chairman of the convention tured out to be Mr. Maxwell Smith, it would seem unlikely that the former chairman of the Land Settlement Board will make good his threat to be an independent1 candi-rtatu. Major Martyn returned to Victoria today to resign as head of the Board of Industries. It will be a three-cornered fight in Dewdney. J. A. Cntherwood, for years Reeve of Mission, is the Conservative candidate, and Dr. W. J. Curry, of Vancouver, is announced by the Federated  Labor Tarty.
The biggest riding in t.he province. Fort. George^; promises to b«» the scene of one of th«> hottest fights in the campaign. It is considered a Conservative     stronghold.        There
was keen competition for the Tory nomination^ Mr. Samuel Cocker. who finally, won out, is a farmer residing near Vanderhoof. He held the western end of the riding for his party in 1H1G and is strongly supported by farmers. Mayor Perry, the Liberal candidate, is now serving his third term as chief magistrate of Prince George, and has been prominent in politics since conilug to llw district nine years ago. The review adds that Mclnnis is supporting Perry.
Mr. Bowser is uow on a tour of Kooteuav and (Jkanugan districts.
M.IWOKTH SETT LEI? IS
DROWNED IN NBCHACO
E. Thompson  Drowns at Miworth on
I-Yiny   Last—On  Way  to
Prince George.
The provincial police have received the report of the drowning of a settler named E. Thompson, at Mi-worth on Friday last. Thompson was last seen early in the morning by Mr. Bracy, of Miworth. He was going In the direction of the river and stated that he was going to Prince George in his boat. While walking in the direction of the station Bracy heard cries for help, and on rushing to the liver he saw the boat upside down but no signs of Thompson. Th*> provincial police are investigating *"Hli the" hope of finding the body.
Mr. Thompson was a returned man,, very well thought of in the ciiy and throughout the district, in which" he had been an early settler.1
COMMISSION  HAS NOT YET
DEC1DET) STATION   SITE
President Wilson Prepares Last Message to Congress
TO BK DELIVERED AT FINAL SB S8ION  OF 6«th   CONGREBSS,  BK-GINNING   DECEMBER   «—NO   INTIMATION AS TO REFERENCE TO TREATY__HE IS CONSBD BRED A TRAGIC FIGURE.
WASHINGTON      Nov    8.—Presi-   on   December   6.  The   President  has dent   Wilson   is  preparing  his   final   not told anyone whetner he will men-message to Congress.    The message ¦ tion   the treaty  and  the treaty cov-i to be delivered to the final session I enant In the message, of  the  66th  Congress,  which begins
Citizen  Receives  Wire Stating Matter  Has  Not  Vet   Been  (kme Into b>   Board.
In reply to a Oil
questing  informatii
of the, station site i
Commission   at  Ott
ing reply was recen
"Have   not   h:i
into     Prince     G
question   since   r<
western trip a we
Carvel],      Chairrn
i2en telegram re-iii  on the matter rom the Railway awa.  the  followed this morning: H—time—lu'-go -— ¦ orge    station ¦turning    from •etc ago.    F. B. an.      Railway
W3ODROW WILSON
London opinion says that although Harding's stand on the League of Nations is just as well understood here as in America, there are some inportant officials of the British government who look for the re-entry of the United States into European affairs. They say that the Republicans were originally the expansionists of the United States and
I believe that a policy of isolation, which was preached on behalf of the ' Republicans by some leaders during j the-campaign, was preached merely j for  political effect.
"President Wilson •« generally con-I ceded one of the most tragic figures I of contemporary history, his dowu-1 fall being compared In some re-I spects to that of the kaiser.