tation Site Intrigue Is
Bared by Commissioner
Station Site Was a Bone of
* Between Greedy LjinJ'' Grabber*   and Speculator*
finding   of   the   Railway   Coin-oners  in   the^PrirYce Aprge ita-¦,ite matter,.¦when^rcad in it* en-interentirVK   document, ave been fed
i'vhr the station  kite, matter,  but 1»   finding,   aitrrtcd  by   the   chief -Frank    Carvell,     and '•.i-jinrnicKiouer W. B. i   per-town-really
c Gaorge citizens h
litsioner,
,J   ,r.  l),'".A-%s-nni|cKio>ier ..,   both   of   whom   made 'inspection   of   the ^three cicarlv   shows   who - was
kiuible   for   holding   up .this   city
\li i.iattcr for »o-many -year*, to
Jelrijneiit   of     this     comnranity.
ch!e(   coiTimisiiuner   score*     the
'i'r'unfcsJPacific official*  and Mr.
ond   foi-^ainoering  the   settle-
of   ih't   queitton   by   their   ob-
|tive  methodic..    The-Xcrt?cle  is  a
'.•£   indictment   of    those    lanidl-
¦r» and   greedy speculator* who
the   public   out   of   millianc    of
i that   can   never;be  recovered.
c/liowing  is the article:
r Chief Commissioner :—
in the inception  of ^he, Grand
: Pacific  Railway down .to- :tho
..   time,_there  .has-been   con*
agitation asjkfj-the"location of |itation at J*ririce George, situat-Ihe-•-¦jcjtrtffluenc*.1'.' of-.-the  Fraser f'cbtfco Rivers.    Possibly in no
•'Western- Canada " has klation    been     carried. on
ter extent than
land to' a in this commun-
 some millions of dollars have invested by the gullible public jistern Canada which, in all.prob-|y, will never: be-realized upon, Jthu. wliole (iiHiculty in thejoca-|uii(l building of the station, in . has' lice.n on account  interests ;oi    _the
ent sets of land., jobbers entire-rnrdlpss of the business  inter:
tfie community; '               /'
Dcalitiei Considered.   .' in- lire three •distinct, localities ^considered;    The^first and old-jh>w calitil^Jrfuth -Fort George,  iriuin.  Fraser
J^          fluence        J
/-anti Nyiihaco.
 place of the B ou ihe Fraser -River in tlie past.    It co }i "th  Hudson's  iJay
and  is now
[Covijinment ticaily dese
ping direidjr norths of *ohl    Fort re', arffl nearer the junrtioX-^ rivers, is    what    is^called  ^ Prince  h
 arid ,' on the hiprh la
[Nechaco, is-\£ort. George.    The
nrea; jorfsisting [of  a   sandy
u. between, the  riyers   on   the
and   east  and  the  mountains
he "south and; west,-has been div-
and subdivided and "largely sold
he. public.    .   ,              ' v,
far as old Fort Geoi'ge iscon.-
Pd, both from the standpoint of
land.speculator and the man who
|stly   wanted   to     do     business,
'interest in the location of  the
n would    be    practically;   the
as that of  Prince Ge.or.ge, be-
the  principal  highway rfrom
i  Port  Odorffe  to  the -station,
fever it Wiiy be  located,  would
to Georgestreet, which is    the
street of Priace George. gjen the road was located it was "tention to establish'the station of   the 467.3 east
»«y"Lion io establish'the si leveKnUteau just south^oJ
ray
tracira
rinJcc:Rupe>t^a8 provided for by 2*4?: of this  Board, No. 18902, March 20, lftiSx.There seems. have been some misapprehension o the exact location, provided for jus order, and therefore thVmaV was heard by the Board arid<a order issued, No. 19U7^4atei: H, 1918, locating Wstbtion 3000 feet east of the eastern >d*ry of Port George townsito, mcindlnjr the previous" order. havre been a.comprom-
contest continued, and finally he- month of^oyeniber, 1914,'ith*
visited Fort George, took eyi-«nd finally decided to
station
 T>00 f«et furttieV
or   between ' Oak    and    Ash ts, on th« iwme-level plateau, roveiywith ample spice for a sta-lyards and just as well locat-¦so far «s" the.general .'bushtess*trail [>eerne<1( as,-the i, location of 1913, 13?- «°n<!'!ti<>n,: however1,    that e monna of access could be found te; station aito. . Thii location was .   il by the Bonrd'B order   No. \,$Ae$ November 23, 1914. ;: %
the Grand Trunk Pacific purchased an Indian;1 reserve further east, subdivided it into lots, which were placed upon the market and sold much the same as the., lots, in-Fort George had been sold further west, and there is no doubt that the Grand Trunk Pacific officials deliberately delayed (Continued -on  Page  7) ./^
VfeRY LITTLE BUSINESS AT
COUNCIL'S SPECIAL MEETING
The council met in special session, ViV'dnesduy evening in order^ to -take u)i tlio three aplicatiotiH for- clubs licenses which-were put in.
Au.tinief^Mayor Barney Keegan oc-cupivd. ther^chlef^ioagistrate's chair ami filled the office with dignity and honor and all the aldermen- were present — Alderman Wimbles, McMillan, Fefehv^^
Licenses for. cjubs^were-granted tb Williahi Morris, J'rince George Country Club, J. £afond, Pririce>George foil list CJlub and Chow Vot, Hain^ bo.w Olub.   •          . -     . .:>¦'.'
judgement and  order  re the site  was   read aand
|ritmcnt of a pound keep-until Mayor Wilson's
An important! real estate deal
return.
SELLS
NO BEER! NO BEER!
EXCEPT THAT BOUGHT AT GOVERNMENT STORES
(Special to the Leader)
Victoria,
 April 1,—The bill
for .the government control of the sale of alcoholic liquors received its third reading in-the legislature'yesterday. An eleventh hour proposal to insert a beer clause being defeated by 34 to 11.
Uphill  of  Fernie,   introduced  the clause* pleading that it would ,be failure    without    it. .    Pooley   .and Lester were  the. only  conservatives supporting it.
Under the new regulations, near beer halls are eliminated. No beer whatever will be sold except in government stores, where, all supplies of hard ' liquors- will also be obtained. It is expected'there will be a dozen to twenty stores established throughout the province^
consuniated   last   week   when   E. Down,   of  Woodpecker,  disposed   of his building on George Street.
The price the building "sold    for was §4,500, with a cash .puyment^ofj "$2,500.          • •                         /¦        '¦
The building was recently tenanted by the Co-Operative^stores^rhich movil  into  new quarters about
ago.    ltjs» two-storey frame
AT THE POLICE COURT
Roy Nelson decided that a pleasant evening's enjoyment would be a nice fast joy ride in an auto. Not havingvone 'of his "own at that moment he^b^prrowedxHarry Melson'a, forgetting tb^tell HarrVxthat he )iad talieh it. After a hectic ride around the city he ditche^it }n the^C^N.R. freight yards, but' inxhis nerambu-lations with,"the car he, mussed it up some. ¦" Inv the police court iiext •Horning he. was^finedljITJj'ambcQkts and also; had to pay the damages done to the car, his. evening's rid< costing altogether |120.              / .
Lum. Chung, charged with Having cocaine in his possession waB reed^ for two "jweeks,/^"'
Eric rlolgtroni and A. Soldar, who jwere giving^an^jppen air vaudeville
performance
 by
^ek«go.    U.ii                 y
building,  theijpwer    storey     bnxtg
p^j                   the top storey be-
ing^occupied  by the provincial forestry department.
The  purchaser wasXM. Dimitroff, of McBride.          y^[
BACK HOME EDMONTON AFTER GOOD HOCKEY SEASON
After a most successful season with the Eskimos this winter, where •ie played stellar hockey, Art Gagme is back in the city and glad to be jack to the old home town. Art is booking, the picture of health and cnej^tertainly must haye fed him we'll there as he sure, is getting to
 Gagnc emphatically states that ih<>y playetl some hockey in the Edmonton village, and that the brand was its pood as played anywhere and then some. He further opines that Charlie Reid, net guardy for the Calgary Tigers is a wonder, and that if it had not been for Reid's superhuman goal tending all winter, the Tigers* would have been nix kum arous as champs, of the Big Four.
Jhe is clad to be back and will be right in line, for playing: with the C.N.R. ball team of this city;
HIGH WIND DAMAGES
TELEPHONE POLES
The high wind in the early part of the week played havoc with the local
number of phones put of service. A number of telephone poles were blown down,'wires tangled and the service disrupted to a considerable extent..                   y;\                  :
Much language of an incendiary
nature was used by telephone subscribers before the different lines were in use again.
MANY CANCELLATIONS BY
IMMIGRANTS TO CANADA
(Special to the Leader) London, March 31.—The Canadian Steamship Companies here say; -that they are receiving: from 12 to 1C cancellations daily for passengers to Canada which have been booked by prospective immigrants from the British Isles; The reason riven being the continuation of ih* restriction rV^nirfng the
been decided upon by the Canadian! cabinet.             .        •?
.        VANCOUVER WINS
, Vancouver. March 31. . on* of the-moBt MXtiUnr gat
 lj»
of   the   ••atom, msteh f*r th* cKaun|»!«Mhip •»<) tin C      Vutwiw 4N
 g  in   th»   foartk
Constable McMillan who considered their act^so good that-he^tbok them to thexpolice station where he recited to Magistrate His Worship, decided .that
were drunk 1ind_disorderly and' m 15.00 and costs..
WILL MAKE ICE CREA
TO SELL IN THIS CITY
\ J. B. Armisliaw, of Vanderhoof, who is in the city and attended the Liberal convention here, stated that the Vanderhoof Creamery Association has mode ail arrangements to make ice cream at their plant this summer. A man is I at present away buying machinery, arid as soon as the machinery arrives it will be at once Installed* and the business of making tee cream -will start. A number of Prince George merchants have signi-1ed their- willingness to take ice cream from Vanderhuof, and it is expected that the Vanderhoof creamery vill supply this city with icecream this summer.
ATTEMPTS TO SEIZE .   .
THRONE OF HUNGARY
(Special to the Leader) .•,-' London, April lc — FormerEm-peror Carl of Austria,., attempted to seize the throne of Hungary this week, but failed an'd by Friday morning he agreed again to l«ave owing* to unfavorable circumstances which were chiefly supplied by the firm an-nouncementNof the French government. : ¦ ¦ Ni f ¦                       '¦•¦'¦• Budapest, March 31. — Regent Horthy yesterday seiit a wireless message to King Alfonso of Spain,
telephone system, putting    a    large [inquiring  if preparations Ijad been
made for^ the • reception  of. former Emperor Charles    in    Spain.
Austrian Government was also sound ed as to'when it was willing to pass Charles freely through "Austria, the latter country to take the responsibility of his safety.
IGANTIC STRIKE STARTED
OVER MILLION INVOLVED
(Special to the -London, March 31;
Leader)
~ Success or
failure for the National Coal Miners-strike which has been set to begin ^at raid night,-last^ nigHt is expected to depend Upon the results of meetings of the railway and transportatrdh wdrkers'called for next 'week.- f There are^oyer one million anirl a quarter iminer's union; five l
 Coal
 miners  alien  Thursday .mid-
(
 LondonKApril
throughout  Britaiy, --including an*d engineers^ struct;               y
night. There was a dispute originally between the ^operators- and Winers and th latter declined to accept the terihs offered unless the government granted a wage subsidy. The government refused to do this, and the strike followed. ' Conditions look black and, a long contest may.<be in sight. The prov-ehiment proclaimed' a state emerr g'ency in exists imderJ powers taken Under the Emergncy Act. passed last year.
DOANATES BASEBALL MITT.
'f. P. Calhoun, IkN.R.',' of this tity, BB' kindly dopated a dandy outfield-; er's1' basebajK mitt to th'e^ Princi" George Athletic-' Associatioo. Al\x. Calhoun brought th<; donatioii^w The Leader and asked us to harrq .itrover
 Veterans' ball
 l team,  "be in
 but
fy^iire not g'iing to^b'e in the baseball ganiesthis "year/ he turned it over to the associ^'
HOUSE'S
 H^G^F
P.^< Shearer states^hait^ia the paRt Week he has sold-^ftvij residences, the ,tptal amoun,t^of/the turnover    being
f 5,300.
Mp. Shearer also says that the out-
"olc^for movement in real estate   at
present time is most promising.
*OTICE.
'   Tite Leader is sofd at the following place* in tb« cit
Panama Nwa Stand. -, Pria«» Cmorgm Drug: Company. .    St«f>cy'« Pharmacy,   ¦¦:..':.^'^
Copiet of thapapor can be obtained there at any time. :         .    .-
LOCAL NEWS.
M; Moore, of Vanderhoof, is^ a visitor in the city.          *
***.*   ¦¦
R. M. Robertson, manager of the Fairbanks-Morse Company, of Re-gina, was a visitor in the city last week and with his brother Jack left for a "trip to; their home in Guelph.
A. H. Booth has gone into the sash and'door business,and states that he will-also furnish screens, windows, door/frames, mission furniture and storerf urniture..   .                 j         v
'. ..-    .   .)    ..*¦   .*,.. *.•'       :  •  .
Mr. and Mrs. E. Boyer, of Mud-River were visitors to the city last week;   '
drops: seven stories; ..-,¦' not hurt a b?t
San Praifcisco; '^arch 31.—Griffith Humphrey, a hotel linen man, shoved his linen wagon through the/ open door of an elevator at a Fourth street hotel today.   The cage v/as absent;
Humphrey and his wagon fell seyen' stories. He was found unhurt and smiling, sitting on top of the high pile of linen when the crash attracted >ther hotel employees.
"Nfi>w, I've gotta take this stuff back up," he" commented.    "I wanted
o stop at the fourth floor."
District Liberal Meeting
Largest in History of Riding
MEETING TO DISCUSS
D1VIDI1SJG  PROVINCE
The  public   meeting,    under ^t au,spices of the Prince George Board
¦off Trade, held  in
 Theatre,
Wednesday evening^for the free ami equal discussion on tho cutting/up of the^.piwince and making/^two \vliere only"'one was bef ore,/\Vas. a frost. The «iir at the '/meeting1 was pregnant with extra chiUy ozone. In fact the atmosphere was so chilly that one almost looked for ides to be hanging down', from- the chairman's table.    '
Thei'e was a large cgngregation\'i\i' the theatre but" the majority Avere apathetic and evinced no desire to respond to Chairman Johnson's invitation to take part in the discussion o'f a ¦¦¦¦¦resolution, which- had been prepared, by the council of the board in the afternoon ^fov their delectation. Besides ]the cHairmaiijs-reniarks there were only/a few-sneakers and'they puid nipre attention in their'remarks' to c^tigatinj? the soutliern Y>'\vt/tf( this fair province  of
ll-
x-^liosolutions  urging upon
part; of the ont'er-Pitmari's   phono-rendered some sprightly
^      ____ the  collection  was  being
t^ken up.                 .    -i '¦¦"     ¦.'. .'
The  consensus
 of
 opinion' at the
meeting was, to put it Farmer Jonathan Sproggin's^word^-^- "VVe^ainll goin' to hey1 no dividin'. .. Not fer axspell .anyway/' ^                j>v..
LOCAL NEWS.
There  wilKbc~^a   meeting   of   the .Avin   the   veteran^s   hall   on Monday evening.
Cecil  Hartley  and ^J.^Sackner, &t (Vanderhof,  are   in  the\city   for few days.    ¦
' '-. .'  .  *¦?#**
Alexander,  of  the   Dawson rnpany, of Prince. Rupert, is in the ^          business trip.
been attend-District
One    of    the/Most    Enthusiastic Gathering*  of the Association /Ever Held Here
eishhient to  expedite
gov-
eompletibn
of the P.G.E. to Princ^ George and {.heri oni north,"'th«' establishing of iidly .iiieoded ¦ public building: here, ari'd that the government do all in its ppwci: to 5t't! that the pulp mill question be^s'ettlcd and. work stalled-soon', ssed at the annual meeting'of f George District Liberal As-i, held in the'Ritts-Kifer Hall-last* evening.                                  ^
¦ rThe-^meeting:'\wis the lar^es^ftnd. m.ost enthusiastic ever hel9/by the association in this di^tript^there^be-
ng 75
coming
jgy, of  Vanderhoof, i&4n. the city.    He ing the  meeting    of Liberal Association.   .
Mrs. E. Ireland, of jSmithers, who has.been visiting Mrs. George Abbott has returned/to Smithers.   . ¦• •-••.. ¦ .
Mr; Bain and son are guests' at he Prince George, arriving from Vanderhoofa .                     .
''/•'¦'. "•*??*   ' ¦''.       '". ¦;••
The ^Ladies Auxiliary " of - the Gf.W,V;A. will hold a Dance in the Ritts-Kifer Hall, Wednesday; April Tickets are .$1.25 for each-person- including -supper.
Earl Hallock has returned to the
Pershing Denounces All Who Seek
to Destroy Ties With War Allies
ft   Of   t*M B__1
•Alberta capital is slow; anil that the weather is'not good. While, in Edmonton he met a number of former Prince George residents' and they evince a strong desire'to come back to this city. "I am glad to get back' to Prince George," said Mr. Moran.
A meetiiig for the purpose of inr itituting A Rebecca Lodge Ui^xinei George will be held in tlie^OdcTfellows HalJ oh Tuesday eyjentfig, April 5,Nat 7.45 sharp^^All members of 'the Rebecca<Order are requested to i be present or to send in. their withdrawal card.
Greatest Meeting Ever New York Is Direct
New York, March 81. r- Ge&eral John J. Pershing, spMking before a crowd which packed Madison Square a«rd«n to-night at one of the gr«&t-<tist patriotk deTaonstrmtiotui here tftnee the agning of the armistice, bitterly denounced persons off foreign birth who seek the freedom of | the United States to spread "political and warlik* propaganda'* to weaken th,e ties of friendship be-twewi the',.United States and her allits intHe lati^war.              ^   -
Letters endorsing the 'meeting were received from President Hsrd-nf,   and  ' patriotic    orgmniutlona
 p all ov«r th«
 UiUted
 nailer th«
 TIm
patriotic societies as a protest against the recjentmass meeting ar-ranged is^-^oice^ objection to the presetted of - French colonial troopsff in occupied Germany, described a* ^the Horror on thexRhine^"
AX THE'HOTELS . j  '
Alexandra Hotel, A.. L. Ross, Van-' louver; p... Wallace^yancpu'ver; W» P. Taylor, F. A. Link, Chicago; Roy .Spurr,, H. Mattison,' Edmonton; M. Moore, Vanderhoof; P. R. Alexander,. Prince Rupert; Hf L. McKenney, Vanderhoof; C. Hartley, Vanderhoof; J." Sackner, Vanderhoof. '? Prince George Hotidl Mr., and Mrs. J. B. Armiahaw, Vanderhoof; J. W. and M>m Day^Vandwhoof, H. W. Bain
an* tO9.; yandtraoof; Jwmes Knud-
city   after  spending
TJJfnster..
,.-¦¦ >:'"**:>:;*
P. J.  Moran",. wlio
the ' ^yintc^;  at
has been   on  ii
short business trip to Edmonton returned to the city yesterday.
Moran   states   that   tytisiness   in
Mr. the
Mr. and Mrs. J. Jfe. Armishaw, of-¦ Vahdei'hoof are visitors to ¦ ^lie dty fo'i\a few day-. .    "x        '   '.;.
from ..all1' parts/^^tlie constituency. TJicre  wasx-ziVhu'ge     delegation    of adies frorn^anderhoof who took an icUyc^pfrt in  the proceedings, one of tlfeii'Climber,- Mrsl'J. B. Armishaw £ing elected.^ third    yice-tiiresident. The- oflicers' elected -are- all  strong, energetic ;and active .citizena "of the constituency and looking' at the list he assurance is that the needs of the listrict .will always be brought to the attention of our member, H. G. Perry
P. J. Moran,/elected president of the association by acclamation, in his Epeqch"thanked the delegates r£or| he honor bestowcel upon him, and amon'g'other-'^hings-eongratulated the convention on the number of°ladies present from outside points. It was he first time, he said, that the ladies ii'ad been active in conventions here and that he .was certainly glad to see ,he ladies ther(i.______-   .-.;'   -   .
He also congratulated the Liberal mrt'y    ami •'*'particularly    the    Fort . George Riding on their good j,udge-liont  in  selecting such    a   'capable member 'as H. -Qt Perry.
Mr.;    -Moran's    nomination     was riio^ed by G.' Bi' Armishaw, of Van<-dei-hoof, .one,of- the  strongest  Liberals  and^eijergetlc , workers in the Fort George; riding, and seconded by William; Spm'ierton^of Prince George.. ¦   The foUbwing officers^were elected: Hon.  Pr.osidj(5nt/ Hon.   W.     L.   "Mc-Kenzie King; Hon. Vice Presidents, Hon. John Oliver and H/" G. Perry^ MlL.A.,; First'Vice President, E. B. Smith,   Vanderhoof;     second   —vice, president,   . W.     Somerton, . Prince eorgcj third vice_president, Mrs.. J. cmishaw,    Vanderhoof; . fourth vicepreshlejit, E. Towers, Chief Lake secretary,    J^1^-  ''McLood,    Prince. George.       Executh^fteommittee  are tlie ; above Officer^ J ahothe. president and f;e"preiary of each locaT^assccia-
CONSPIRACY TO DEFEAT THE FIFTY   PER   CENT.  CUSTOMS
Londbn, March 31.—Messrs?, Sidney, and McMichael, Canadian customs officials who were delegates, to the   recent customs    conference Yin'
ohdo'n, have returned here after /a visit to  Denmark and  state  that in
liht countly and in Holland arrangements are^being". made -fdrco-'opera-
ion with the Germans to defeat the 5,0 per cent. Allied customs tax that s to.be imposed on German goods.
ALLOWED tTO: LAND '¦*¦
 IN BRITISHCOUNTR
 J              con-
libion that he wilJU-pfoceed England-ivard", OsnTond^fhonias, Grattan JEs-iT permitted to land from  liner yesterday aftei' qui'' months' confinernent on ship-oar'd.    '      .i.;
Jack FerenVC.N.R.
 Icaniv
l hcJd a practice Sunday .after-; noon at, three (o'clock, and. all play&rs, arc requested-to be on hand. -
J.¦¦•Wy.Day.-.ami Miss Day are visitors in uie^city from Vanderhoof.   '
Jack Robertson left last
evening1 for a Guelph,   Oht.
 trip to  his hon  Mr.   Robertson
 will
remain in the ea^t of. time.      .   -
some, length
- Andy Stiilie~who has-been working on the Government bridge at' Dun-
 g ster »li "w\i»ter* is backVin; the .city.
COMMITTEE ONE HUNDRED'S
REPORT   IS  MISLEADING
•:\       (Special to Leader.) Washington,   March   31.—Genera^
conclusions ofx'the .unofficial cbmrais-sidtis of "^the Committee of One^Huh-\red" investigating conditions in Ire--lantl, placing the moral responsibility $oVL .disorders there on the'i Rritisi, gpyerriment, are -/Cnaracterized as ''biased and wholly misleading," in a statement i|su"ed yesterday >by the British Rnfbassy^Vin ans\Vci; to the conimjssion's report.
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