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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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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<r   the  compulsory  rode  provisions of the N.R.A. thi-'-v die mui«"-s  mid j the operators on bheir o\m resources.
This    diffiCP^v    m°"V   hP    ,>,•¦.-¦•(¦«'¦'¦•    '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 <ipa bonds despite the unfavorable conSion of municipal finance. All bSnl offered wor, subscribed for with the exception oi one million dollars worth.
There may be the beginning of a | great  gold-dredging  industry in  the; activities of the Nechako Gold Lin- I ited which have bEen under way for i tiie past two months on the Nechako j river opposite Miworth station on th:? j C.N.R.    The company    management thought it would be ready to set its j big gold-washing plant  in operation j on   Wednesday,   and  had   Issued  an ! invitation    to  the   members    cf  the \ Prince George board of trade to visit the plant and see what was going on. It was in response to this invitation athat President Geo. B. Williams and ' Mess.ers A. B. Moffat, Bruc:?. Parker. R. A. Renwick, M. C. Wiggins. Earle Fulmer,    W. L.    Armstrong.    Harry Bowman.   E.  H.   Burden.   Alf  Helm- j wood, James Scott and M. S.  Caine j paid  a vis:t to. the scene of opera-j tions. The company sent a big river j boat across to ferry the visitors over
the   swift-flowing     Nechako,   and   a! couple of hours were spent in look- \ ing   over   the     machinery    and   the r'.ver bench where a start Ls  to be made in determining the accuracy of the bench testings, and the efficiency of the company's gold-washing plant in tiie recovery of gold values. It goes without saying the visitors
were  all very    favorably    impressed
with what they saw.    The bench at
this  point  has  an elevation  of  ap- j                       _        _     #
proximately twenty    feet above the j Man and His Wife in Confession
present level of the river, which in- '
creases as it  runs back.    Altogether
the company has some eight or nine j
bench leases.   That the gravels carry :
gold lias been known for many years, i
and a number of lanie working pits '
scattering   over   the   bench   tell   the;
story cf the efforts cf early Chinese j
miners to prove the;r worth by hand
methods.   During the past two years j
bhe  bench  has    been systerriat'eally '
tested by drilling and with startling j
results.   It is claimed by the manage- 1
ment   of   Nechako  Golds    that  this
drilling has given an ;nd:cated value
in bench gravels of 60 cents a yard
for  a  depth of 20  feet.    Below this
depth a considerable improvement in
gold  values has been  indicated, but i
at 50 feet, the lowest po'n-t reached. !
the values appear to  play out. TIir I
management  is pleased with the re- ;
suits of the drilling for two reasons.
The   gold   values   indicated   give   the
bench a fabulous value, and as bedrock was nor, reached at a depth of,
50 feet it has been demonstrated the :
present  bed of  the Nechako is con- I
siderably   above   bed-rock,   and   that j
the company wfll have a vast amount
of gravel to handle in its river-dredg- j
sing   operations     in   the   fifteen-mile'
pfrst ch  of river  which   the  NechRko j
GoldXand  rts   n'^oenf-d  omoanies,
eontroKbctween Miworth and Prince :
George.    N. Should   the\eo]d-\vash!.ng    results
even r>.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 Fcvnethin<? I'k-** $50000 on" r~e en"t. to wlvch must be ndded a vt'ipv r~"<-irier^bl? amrimt for transport to Miworth and ferryino: acre.;--the Neehako. The washing plant is credited with capacity for the hand-'•.tt r,f ^o^n nihi'1 yards of gravel in twenty-four hours, ond the dredge with capacity to furnish a food of ^'FiOO yards within the same period. It is likely thn company unDI be (•orient to operate for sonic time wrth  the p"e~ent dre-dge eioT-itv  as
T Parker 6-2 '' ^1J1Peror of Ethiopia Has Signer! Agreement Rendering Waters Available   in  Egypt
PLAN IS 8 YEARS OLD
Butte Police Find #15,000 in Car When Suspect Flees to Avoid Arrest by Patrolman
Tacoma.   June   10—Federal   agents have established the fact that while George Weyerhauser was being held by his kidnappers he spent most of the time in a house in Spokane. It is said the kidnapp'ng was the work of a  group of seven persons,  and that Marion J. Taylor, now believed to be in hiding in the state of New Jersey, furnished the brains for the plotters. Tacoma. June 10—J. Edgar Hoover, head   of   the   federal   secret  service, la.st  night   announced   the   arrest   of two persons in  Salt  Lake City. Her- i man   Waley  and  his  wife   Margaret. | The arrests  were the result  of Mrs. Waley pass'ng one    of the    ransom bank -notes in one of Salt Lake's departmental stores.   The girl receiving the bank note spotted it as one of the bank notes advertised as having been included in the Weyerhauser kidnap ransom.    She questioned the woman as   to   where   she   had   received   the bank note and was informed it had been   given   to   her  husband   in   one of Salt Lake's stores when her husband   cashed   his   wage  cheque.   The pol:ce were at once notified and the arrest  of   Waley   and   his   wife   followed  shortly   after.    The   two    are said to have made a complete confession, and as a result federal agents ;U   several    western  cities    were  in-¦/tiucted to be en the lcok-out for a man known to the pol'ce as Mahan.
tnSButte a policeman spatted what he  regarded  as a suspicious car.  Ho reeogviizfd Mahan as the driver, hav-ing  previously    arrested     him   on   a j criminal    charge.      The     policeman j gave chase to thcNauto but was dis- i tanced.    Mahan   rot>nding   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;
50 ""'h<!  .riHs 7 ptvi under—j. jor*-(Continued on Page Five)