a a FEBRUARY 26, 1945. LOCAL CONTINGENT HAS LEFT FOR — - THE DAILY NEWS PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., FRIDAY, PRICE FIVE CENTS aaa VICT ORI \ RDANELLES ALMOST IN HANDS OF THE ALLIES—LOCAL MAN LOSES IN IN VANCOUVER FIRE NCOUVER PLANT BURNS DOWN LOCAL CITIZEN IS INTERESTED ECTION DEPARTMENT OF THE NATIONAL BISCUIT & CON- FECTION CO. DESTROYED-—-DAMAGE OF $20,000— INSURANCE NOT KNOWN. (Spectal to The Dally News.) jas being vice president. The dam 8B. €., Feb. 26.—Alage by fire amounts to 820.000 Body of Men last night at the! The amount of insurance is not " . nal Biseuit and known, although it is believed a 1e whole city turned out this The City Band and the bag-[C. Bergeron, W. H. Godsell, GC. R. . goodly amount was carriefl norning to say farewell to the! pipes were there afid helped en-|Malcolm, W. Elliott, L. Fielding, at Kitsilano, mi local contingent leaving for Vie- liven things up. Cheers upon|F. Hunt, A. McDonald, R. Lamont, y department was WITH THE BOXERS. | toria Thousands of people were! cheers were given for the boys of |G. Anderson, George Davies, M. ground. The bis- . lined along the wharf and on the/the contingent and as strongly|H. Daniels, T. A.. Ross, H, Brear- nt is close by but (Special to The Dally News.) overhead approach jreturned for those left behind. ley, G. J. Chalmers, F. Biddle- the efforts of the Milwauk Wis Feb. 26 The Prince George served as a Humorous and pathetic seenes|comb, G. Moyer, J. Clapperton, A. ent Freddie Welsh was awarded a platform from whieh the speak- | were enacted as the boys filed on|R. Hunter, A. Jardine, 8. MeKen- Local Man Interested. popular verdict over Charley/¢rs delivered their farewell mes-| board ship. Most of them march-j|zie, A. McMillan, C. McIntosh, F. W. Morrgw, of the White in a ten-rownd contest/*®*e. Acting Mayor Kerr, on be-|eq on board with a smile and a | Greenwood, W. 8. Singer, H. E. Rupert, is heavily here last night No official dee half of the city, expressed the|jaughing remark such as: “I’ll|Beaton, F. Casperal, J. W. Smith, he company as well sion was given ride all feit in the boys who were/write you from Berlin”: or, “So/D. Young, R. Munro, J. G. Ded- = going out to do duty for the Em- long, old top’; but there were a | with, J. HU. W. Jessup, R. M. Me- MP EES’ RM ’ re, and wished them godspeed. | few with tears in their eyes but|Intosh, George J. Campbell, J. F. OCK E LOY CE AN SPIES PLANS Rev. H. R. Grant briefly eX-/it wasn’t the tears of sorrow but|Thiebot, W. T. Barnes, R. Marsh- ND OFF TO COMRADES HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED ressed his pleasure in the brav-lof affection. The wives and|all, E. Garnett, W. Gordon, W. D. wn by the volunteers.| sweethearts who were left behind | Hoskyn, H. Walker, B. O'Neil, N ees at the drydock (Spectal t» The Daily News.) W wie: in were going out to| were worthy of their race for they |Morse, J. H. Reynard, H. J. Jewell, with the pontoon New York, Feb. 26.-The U. 8. | fight those at home would be with} sent them along with a cheerful|J. H. Kelly, A. Hepburn, F. Adams, esterday presented Federal authorities are investi- them in spirit... When alone and | good-bye a willing offering to|H. G. Wrinch, H. Cramb, R. Wells, fellow workmen /¢ating a report~ that Captain lonely, he wished them to think/~he British Empire. A. Simpson, W. Wilson, H. D. the contingent with | Boyd, a naval attache at the Ger-|0f this and especially that God It is not too much to say that, MeGrath, P. Russell, L. Ledger, R. a pocket safety man embassy, supplied Carl Hans | W4s always near He wished] the body of men who left here to- T. Oakley, W. FE. Fleteher, V. H. cen of the high |Lody and other spies with forged |'hem godspeed and a safe return.| day would compare favorably with |Morgan, B. Kendrew, 8. Simms ch they were held | A™erican passports. Stegler, a} Father Bunoz referred to the|any similar body in Canada. Most|H. Ellis, B. Hilton, W. P. Patter- en left this morn-|*P¥Y now under arrest, disclosed das being sick and in troublejof them are young men in the|son, W. J. Miller, J. R. Smith, P. ; the plans He says a Germar ind the part the boys would take prime of life and of splendid phy- Houghton, J. MeKay Knight, D. ition was made by | “*™erican with a forged passport restoring normal conditions| sique and a high standard of in-|MeDougall, P. deBastard, G. El- Gonzalez on the is now on the Franconia, dué luring which national and per-jtelligence. Indeed, they are the/liot, B. Roumien, W. R. Leathern, ntoon, and every- England tomorrow to discover the [sonal characteristics would belejass of men that Prinee Rupert|John Wadey, F. McLeod, 8. Mas- their speedy re- |whereabouts of the fleet of Brit-|Changed. Heewas proud of the/ean ill afford to lose and nothing|sey, N. McKaracher, J. Milne. ind. Much eredit |!" dreadnoughts in the vicinity | fine body of men before him, and}put the present crisis could in- lin sitcliniis, aiusitiinsal thgren for’his bind of St. George's Channel. Captain wished them good luck and a safe] duce the city to part with them, LOSSES ARE TRIFLING | Boyd gives a heated denial jreturn. The company is under the iking collections | ; OCKADE presents ~ command of Capt. W. B. Clayton, IN SPITE OF BL PAINTINGS ARE SOLD. TERRIBLE DEATH IN with Capt. S. P. MeMordie first a eee lieutenant and W. A. Pettigrew (Special to The Dally News.) a McK N. t - : : ; \\ er a I ; Pemane Gm. Co Garey Frago- | VANCOUVER LAUNDRY second lieutenant. The non-com- London, Feb. 26.—In giving a rahe be 2a- . . Mo Mel aa " nard Collection Sold. | missioned officers were not ap-|list of seven British steamers eDonald, ‘ ‘ | ale (Special to The Daily News.) pointed and will get their rank on|which have been submarined GER Is PRO-GERMAN New York, Feb. 25.—J. P. Mor-; Vancouver, Feb. 26.—-C. Lam- merit as their ability develops at/since Feb. #8th, the Admiralty R gan has sold the famous Mme. |bert, engineer of the Model steam/yictoria. The following is the | announces that 1,381 vessels have the Torenta naar Du Barry Fragonard collection of | laundry, Third Avenue WS Hist of the men, 130 in all: | debi em Bee ports during that following com paintings, now in the Metropol sugeht in the shafting while fix R.. Cameron, J. Goff, V. R. Chap- | period. Moles . ‘th tan Museum of Art, to Duveen|/ing a belt and was dashed to death man. D. M. MeDonald, J. Hutchi-| os tS pi eCormack, . —_ -_—_— b tenor, whe ap.| Brothers, who recently bought against the ceiling som M. Moore, N. Mackay, H. MEW ACT WILL sh tenor, w ap- r : E ~ he ob hegre ellen ag, a Ward, W. F. Smith, A. Stewart, AFFECT BROKERS a in 8 Cc P | ttle ov *|!ain, also in the Morgan collec-| PROCEEDINGS PEACEFUL. ©. BE. Guinnis, A, Rae, W. we 4 il e over a year the wai 4a eka 2s tion in the museum and said to | ve | ‘les Thi « dy, J. Morrison, H. Edwards, R.| The following bill is before the} may . t Ger. Rape B4.008,000, 1b hag just Depn en se a fi na Wiggins, T. P. Woodland, R. P. [Federal Parliament at Ottawa. It n Mi ro o er. , announced, ment > Crepe ” Campbell, A. G. Jolly, R. G. Mc- | prosposes to add a subsection to he likes, His ! Eventualities. 3 , , ; : : ~ would, no doubt ome. Bragomerd -pictures,. are) Kinnon, F. BE. Smith, A. Robert-/section 390 of the Criminal Code , "Isaid to be worth upwards of| son, R. R, Seott, G. Garnett, 8. O.| respecting criminal breaches of vernent on the Rome, Feb. 25.—The proceed- ees | #1,000,000, These pictures were | Beetcher, T. F. Longmuir, H. R.\teust, as follows: ating of the ay- lings in the Italian Chamber of oa rms exhibited by the late J. P. Mor Hill, A. J. Anderson, G. GC, Me- “Every one who contracts to| rman tenor, But , |Deputies yesterday were compar- : ; te . gan about 1902 and were exhibit . Leod, E. Anderson, A. M. MeKay, | ,6)) peal property and has not in ‘not come back to itively peaceful, owing probably : ed by him in London and after-} J. G. Brown, M. Donald, A. Suth- himself the title which he has et us hope to any : ; it the general belief among the i. R. MePher n. G. 8. Rob | . ar , c s "eSide *e | rié . . Me erson, 5. BP. - . ra cta -_ Phere seems to/W@rds placed in ae? ” jdeputies that the government has rth r ee or eaten | Sonera. ted to give to the pur ‘re ‘rise > ‘ : owe, . c Ce, A.la ser. s , ay re. testimony that in|'here: done everything in its power to/* 2" jchaser, shall hold any moneys re ; — : - Kk. Foreman, Frank Buehan, H./|eeived py him on account of the © Middle West he repare for eventualities The : < | > q lging in pro-Ger ROOMING HOUSE FOR SALE. li 1 Mn dies daee> midi ie Birnie, H. BE. Peyton, W. A. Pat-| purchase price, in trust for the it ad - irs e soldiers o ‘ a sid a T. Med. i. he os sa la Sir Roger . leolors total about 1,000,000 and “ ae . —— - . | purchaser, unless such moneys Te ‘OMS good urni urst, > rown, - me 8, «| > » ; a . ot so much that] Tem (10) rooms; re lthus mobilization virtually has|!U'* et a have been paid by the vendor in ed to sing “Pipper-p ere? fowe town; = mad ha s been accomplished. Should it be oe ms - eet a el acquiring such title. Any viola- ‘ve t R375 kes e \ 4 arino, > 1 Coop » ‘ . after. collecting er? Wey. | 8375 takes © | 4 ‘ooasaary, Italy can speedily OAL Per | tion of this subsection shall be by intoning the only 990, =H. G. Helgerson = to arms the territorial troops for | enamned a criminal breaeh of trust Phone 96. within the meaning of this see- f automatic sing- the local garrisons, « 2} > a = DOUBLE ATTRACTION’ { \: y on artistic RECEIVED COMMISSION. AT THE aoe ee * BEYED. * his change of viewis. = =*® : oe SOLDIERS’ HOSPITAL. \. But he is knewn!| #* (To the Second Contingent *! L. Bulloek-Webster has receiv- MAJESTIC THEATRE ee sed the view that ie demeeane « aide 0° bundeed al i word that he has been given a TONIGHT The collection reeently taken up ! be better off under|* lands *leommission in the 47th Battalion, by members of the St. John Am- oo “Our Mother needs our aid! *) i iv nite ell 70 Assoc . : nd to have spoken * And onoan the loya) strong riant #(now under training at Victoria, bulance Anece lation realized a d disparagingly * hands *lte is anxious to @o to the front Mrs. Lewis—Song sum of $138.50, whieh has been 8 o the reac ade *| , Ae a. ' ale si Mritain, Now since $ oe oe, = too, | and has taken @ short course at Beatrice Killam—tirish Jig forwarded to the Provineial head- vould never have} #® 80 long will Britain's bravest & iw Point Barracks to prepare G. T. Black——Comedian quarters to assist in the effort sent pasition of * *limeelf. He will progeed to Van a snare to equip and maintain a general ae i P a on each heart, wh | | enee without the . Ca a “en today loo next week and enter upon “THE OPAL RING"2 Reels hospital for wounded soldiers, Cut Gardér mu _ © God-apeed! Our wishes deep and # ly ate “THE GERM IN THE Kiss” oo Lae : ‘den and © lie au dencie ° —_ ' > — | “THE ELECTRIC For a comfovtable room, come “les, more espe. |* Vollaw your onward wa ia, this «» . * Praying thet to fon? hearts’ that © INDOOR BASEBALL. } Comedy te the St. Elme Hotel, 836 Sec- 5 Serene ents yearn *| '} “A KIDNAPPED PUGILIST” f/ond Avenue, near Righth Street. (that has fed him,|# Peace-erowned at last my * oni i saealinaall Newly opened. Steam heat and * return . { vs. Drydoeks tonight at) oe . BR KLOWER. #* : Admission: 100 and 15e het and eold water in every room. Ad. on Page 4 See eeeeeeee eee wairink abel Free baths. fates reasonable. EE CONTINGENT HONORED BY CITIZENS— HUGE CROWD GIVE THEM A SEND-OFF 130 Men Leave Today to 10. Undergo Training at Victoria Prior to Active Service---Excellent are idier in their farewells. CROWDS THRONGED AGR. HALL GAVE FAREWELL TO CONTINGENT LARGER CROWD THAN ON FORMER OCCASION — GOOD SPEECHES AND MUSICAL PROGRAM—RESPONSE GIVEN BY CAP TAIN CLAYTON. The celebration given last hind. All of the speeches were of night lacked none of the enthu-|a high order. siasm of that given to the First Capt. W. B. Clayton, replying if any-jon behalf of the officers and men thanked the Contingent. The crowd, thing, was larger, and every men-|of the contingent, tion of the boys in khaki was re-|citizens for the honor they had ceived with cheer upon cheer. done them. The time for making The parade started from the|speeahes had gone by and now it City Hall at about 8 o'clock, a|was a time for action. He was number of youths leading the way| proud to be in command of such with burning brooms. Afte: |a body of men, quite marching through the center of|satisfied that Prince Rupert would the city they made their way to | never be ashamed of the men they the Agricultural Hall, where a lwere sending out. splendid entertainment consisting; After upon cheers for of speeches and songs was given|the contingent and a generous re- in their honor. turn, the meeting broke up by A number of local artists who|singing the National Anthem. always appreciated were cqrtietictneanittipnnnjstcen ctinantins heard to splendid advantage. DARDANELLES WILL SOON FALL TO ALLIES Principal Brady's rendering of a speech from Shakespeare's “Hen- ry V.” brought the house down. Miss Nauman delighted her audi- (Special to The Daily News.) ence with a song. The Misses London, Feb. 26 Bailey gave a splendid exhibition |Dople dispatch claims that three of Spanish dances very ereditable |Anglo-Freneh = warships for little ladies of their age. Mrs.|damaged by the guns of the Scott, who has already been|atic forts the heard a couple of times in Prince |yesterday, one being Rupert, excelled herself and won |Agamenon The an extra amount of applause. Mrs.|d0es not deny the British report Harry Birch, one of Prince Ru-|that all the outer foris were pert’s recent brides, gave a clever |@uced yesterday Phe Anglo- reading and received unstinted|Freneh fleet is estimated at thirty ships. The still continues, and the inner forts are expected to fall shortly applause. The double qhartette of well known local singers was THREE AMERICANS LOST WHEN SHIP WAS SUNK good, and the Highland Fling re- ceived a great ovation. There must have been a host of Seotsmen there, for the appear- ance of the bagpipe band almost (Special to The Daily News.) Berlin, Feb. Three bers of the crew of the American steamer Carib lost their when that vessel struck a created pandemonia. Speeches were delivered by the off Borkum Island. acting mayor, W. Kerr, NEW STEAMSHIP CO. Archdeac#h Collison, Revds. Dim- mick and Wright and Canon Rix. TO MAKE CALLS HERE and was cheers —A Constanti- were Asi- bombardment of the stalement type. re- bombardiment Geo 26.- mem- lives Canon Rix urged the citizens not mine to tempt the weakness of any sol- To the men he said that Prince Rupert would stand behind them and take care of any loved ones left be- Mr. D. M. Cameron has come to this city to locate here the agent of the Border Line Trans- portation Company. This com- pany has recently bought out the Northland § Company runni as EERE REE ee NEEDS TO BE CHECKED There seems to be a lot people who think they are all the time in a barn. between Seattle and Southeastern The Noise and disturbance Alaska. The new company in- created last night during tends to make Prince Rupert a the meeting was unworthy port of call if business warrant of Prince Rupert or any. Their ships include the Alki other town that claims Northland and Despatch. any self-respect. Crowds Mr. Cameron was formerly with walked. the corridors the C, P. R. in Vancouver He throughout the program, came originally from Bruce and and made it impossible at can speak “the two talks 80 times to hear the speak- succeed? ers. It's an insult to ask a lady or a gentleman to appear before an audience and then allow a deafening why shouldn't he FOR SALE. Six-Roomed House Six blocks disturbance to be made. from our office Built 1944 Children that cannot be Strietly modern——-bath, stationary kept in cheek on such oc. washtub, electric lights. Three easions should be left at hedrooms. Price fer house and home. But there were lot, $2,350;.$500 cash, balance adults, too, who should $20 per month. H. G, Helgerson, know better, On future Ltd, 47-49 occasions it is to be hoped that oMfeers will be put on HOUSE FOR RENT. * * * - * * * * * . * * * * * * * * * * . * * * . * * * * o * * * * * c * . . * * * * * . * * * 7. * * * * * * . * . * * * . + . duty whe will see that First-class house with all mod- those who do not know ern conveniences and fully fur any better are kept in nished. Owner. will be out of place. town eight months. Phone Green PRR ee ee ee 00. s8tf,