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p.m.
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Saturday
Nljht,
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NORTHER
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH,
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PHONE
457
Vol,
XX..
No.
'
295,
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
DEC.
19,
1929
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
n
"
Liner
Fort
Victoria
Sank
Struck
at
Entrance
of
Harbor
in
Fog
AH
NEW
YORK,
Dqc,
19.
Rammed
by
another
ves-scl
at
tile
fog-blanketed
entrance
to
New
York
harbor,
a
liner
sank
last
night,
but
not
before
all
the
passengers
and
members
of
the
crew
had
been
taken
off
without
loss
of
life.
With
S2
passengers
aboard,
the
Furness
Bermuda
liner
Fort
Victoria
was
struck
a
blow
by
the
Galvcs-ton-bound
liner
Algonquin
with
189
passengers
aboard.
An
SOS
brought
immediate
help
and
several
hours
after
the
crash
when
al
aboard
had
been
removed,
lite
Fort
Victoria
sank.
The
Algonquin
was
sjightly
damaged.
DIED
FROM
I
EXPOSURE
Aged
Woman
in
Forest
Grove
pis-trict
Perished
For
Lack
of
Fuel
WILLIAMS
LAKE.
Dec.
ID.
Mrs.
Sarah
J.
Page,
92
years
of
age,
died
at
the
hospital
here,
a
victim
of
exposure.
She
and
her
daughter,
Mrs
J
Sugden,
suffered
when
(eft
alone
in
their
cabin
in
the
Forest
Grove
district.
The
two
women,
the
daughter
convalescing
from
a
broken
thigh
bone,
were
found
Sunday
almost
frozen.
The
daughter
is
recovering.
On
Thursday
the
young
woman
wno
neipea
tnem
tor
a
few
days
left
fur
Vancouver.
The
last
of
their
after
the
fire
was
out,
everything
in
the
cabin
was
frozen
solid.
Mrs.
Sugden.
unable
to
gather
more
wood,
kept
tubbing
her
mother's
hands,
begging
her
to
keep
moving
to
prevent
freezing.
A
neighbor
found
them
Sunday.
Good
Response
To
Requests
For
Cash
For
Needy
The
Salvation
Army
officials
are
particularly
pleased
at
the
response
that
has
been
made
to
the
request
tor
money
with
which
to
help
the
Ic
j
fortunate.
There
has
been
no
personal
canvass,
but
all
monies
sent
in
have
been
voluntary
contributions.
However,
to
make
the
event
worthy
of
the
season,
even
yet.
more
money
is
needed.
The
f
lowing
are
the
contributions
for
the
day:
Previously
acknowledged
$66.36
Momer.
dad
and
kiddies.
2.50
Lady
2.00
Trevor
Johnston
5.00
Bonnie
Scotland
2.00
Patmore
it
Fulton
10.00
Toe
H
11.00
Neil
and
John
1,60
L0WWAGES
F0RRELIEF
Unemployed
May
Oo
To
Work
at
$2
a
Day
If
Married
or
$1
if
Slnele
VANCOUVER,
Dec.
19.
The
policy
of
dealing
with
the
unemployed
followed
during
the
past
few
years
will
be
continued
here
this
year,
the
city
council
decided
yesterday.
The
rate
of
pay
for
married
men
will
be
$2
a
day.
while
single
men
receive
$1
a
day
On
this
basis
the
Parks
Board
will
provide
work
for
150
ad-
umonaimen.
For
the
third
successive
day
the
unemployed
staged
a
parade.
AVIATORS"
L0STLIVES
Effort
To
Fly
From
England
to
Capetown
Failed
At
Tunis
LONDON,
Dec.
19.
Announcement
was
made
last
night
by
Lord
Thomson
of
the
air
ministry
that
the
two
British
air
force
aviators
who
Were
attempting
a
non-stop
'light
from
England
to
Capetown
were
killed
In
the
crash
of
their
plane
in
Tunis.
The
men
were
Squadron
Leader
Jones-Wllllams
and
Flight
Lieutenant
Jenkins.
It
believed
they
lost
their
way
in
a
storm
and
crashed
into
a
STOCK
QUOTATIONS
(Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnston
'Co.
Big
Missouri.
57,
62.
Coast
Copper.
10.00,
Nil.
Cork
Province,
4,
5.
Duthie
Mines,
35.
40.
Oeorge
Copper,
2.25,
2.30".
Oeorgta
River.
13Vi,
13.
Golconda,
70,
73
V.
Independence.
3,
5.
Indian
Mines,
3,
5.
Kootenay
Florence,
7V4,
714.
Kootenay
King.
5,
5Vfc.
Luckv
Jim.
7,
9.
Mohawk.
14,
3.
MortflnWoolsey,
8.
10.
MarMetellHVi.
2'.
Oregon'
CotSpefi
9,
9ft.
Pcnd
Oreille,
ISA.
2.30.
Premier
1.61.
1.65.
Porter-Idaho.
23.
30.
Ruth-Hope.
22.
24.
Silver
Crest,
5.
SUYercun,,2W
a.
siveraao,
zsraa,.
..
.
w
it
rit
mi
n
mm.
Woodbine.
2Vn,
X
Oils
A.
P.
Con.,
1.67.
1.70.
Oalmont.
88,
89.
Dalhousle.
1.51.
1.55.
Devenlah.
12.
15.
Fabyan
Pete.
6.
Nil.
Home.
8.60,
8.75.
IIltnois-A!berta.
26,
Nil.
Mayland,
1.42.
1JO.
McDoug.-Segur,
Nil,
20.
McLeod,
2
20,
2.25.
Freehold,
54.
55.
Hargal.
82,
84.
Mercury,
56,
58.
Regent,
22.
25.
Spooner,
40,
Nil.
TORONTO
STOCKS
It
(Oourtwjr
S.
D.
Johnston
Co.)
Close
For
the
Day
i
Amulet.
1.53,
1.46.
Dome.
7.15,
7.25.
Falconbridge,
4.85,
4.90.
Hudson
Bay.
8.35,
9.00.
International
NicKei.
300,
3U.7D.
Imperial
Oil,
26.50,
27.00.
Manrty.
35,
40.
Mining
Corporation,
3.30,
3.33.
Mclnlyre,
15.WJ.
Nil.
Noranda.
33.75,
33.95.
Nlplsslng,
1.65,
1.75.
Stadacona,
ZVs,
Sherritt
Gordon.
2.85,
2.88.
Sudbury
Basin.
3.40,
3.45.
Teck
Hughes.
5.00.
5.10.
Treadwell
Yukon.
6.00,
6.60.
Ventures.
2.75.
2.80.
Wright
Hargraves,
1.31.
1.32.
Attempt
Made
Find
Aviator
momr
rpf
19
Four
Alaska
Alr-
wavs
pilots
hopped
off
from
Teller
Wednesday
to
search
for
Pilot
Carl
Elelson.
who
has
been
missing
since
November
9
some
wnere
neur
up
North.
They
were
forced
to
return
after
a
two-hour
battle
with
snowstorms
and
fog
banks
over
Bering
Straits.
VANCOUVER
MAN
DIES
(
VANCOUVER.
Dec.
19:
Edward
tt..ntt
nn
vAar
nf
Afff
who
C&mc
here
from
Toronto
In
1896.
Is
dead
following
a
brier
niness.
ne
Drone
his
hip
last
week.
VANCOUVER
MAN
DIED
AT
HOLLYWOOD
VANCOUVER,
Dec.
19.
Resident
for
40
years
of
Vancouver,
James
Dillon
Byrne
is
dead
in
Hollywood,
where
he
had
been
convalescing
from
an
Illness.
He
was
a
native
of
Ireland.
when
New
York
Aboard
Safe
EARTHQUAKE
SHOCK
QUEEN
CHARLOTTES
LAST
SATURDAY
EKIDEOATE,
Dec.
19:
On
Saturday,
December
14,
a
very
severe
earthquake
shock
was
felt
all
over
Oraham
Is-
land.
This
is
one
of
several
shocks
which
have
been
felt
on
the
islands
recently.
Saturday
was
the
day
on
which
the
bie
auake
was
re-
1
ported
to
have
been
recorded
on
me
seismograph
at
Oon-
zales
Hill
Observatory.
Vie-
torla.
Bennett
Silent
On
Arrival
New
York
Yesterday
I
NEW
YORK,
Dec?
19.
Canadian
I
Conservative
Leader
Bennett
ar
rived
from
Great
Britain
yesterday
but
declined
to
say
anything
about
the
trip
or
discuss
his
"reported
interview
with
Lord
Beaverbrook
on
the
latter's
free
trade
policy.
VOTERS
ARE
UNBEGUILED
....
7".
:
if-
'.
j
'.Munitlpit
rindldaWsT
nut
So
Audience
at
Rupert
East
Meeting
While
several
candidates
for
municipal
honors
at
the
elections
next
month
risked
their
persons
In
motorvehicles
on
slippery
treeU
to
court
the
favor
of
east
end
voters
in
the
Seal
Cove
School,
few
of
he
members
of
Rupert
Eart
Ratepayers'
Association
turned
out
to
be
courted
and.
(after
officers
and
candidates
had
aat
and
patiently
waited
for
half
an
hour,
the.
meeting
was
called
off.
The
candidates
in
attendance
Included
Aid.
C.
H
Orme
and
Aid.
A.
J.
Prudhomme,
mayoralty
aspirants,
and
AM.
O.
W.
Rudder-ham,
Ex-Aid.
O.
B.
Casey
and
Fred
Wesch,
aldermanic
candidates.
Christmas
Concert
Skidegate
School
Proved
a
Success
SKIDEGATE.
Dec.
19
A
Christmas
school
concert
that
proved
to
be
a
great
success,
a
great
many
Deop'.e
attending
was
held
at
the
Pattullo
School
December
16.
The
room
was
beautifully
decorated
under
the
direction
of
the
teacher.
Miss
Eva
Cavalier,
who
is
leaving
on
the
Prince
John
to
spend
Christmas
in
Prince
Rupert.
The
program
follows:
Chorus
"Bells
Ring
Out
Their
welcome.
Recitation
"Christmas
Greet
ings,"
Three
Girls.
Song
"Jolly
Old
St.
Nicholas,'
Primary
Class.
Dialogue
"A
Different
Christmas."
Recitation
"A
Big
Question,'
Hartley
Matthews.
Drill
"Ribbon
Drill."
Recitation
SI
wyn
Chutney.
Recitation
Alwyn
Chestney.
brance,"
Demmy
Stevens.
Tableau
"Christian
Spirit,'
Leslie
Colllsoh.
Solo
"The
First
Noel,"
Alberta
Jones.
Chorus--"Christmas
Bells."
SOCCER
CUP
REPLAYED
LONDON,
Dec.
19.
Replayed
English
Cup
second
round
soccer
games
resulted
as
follows:
Bournemouth
and
Boscombe
5,
Caernarvon
2.
Plymouth-Argyle
3,
Watford
0.
HON.
MOTHERWELL
IS
DOWN
WITH
PLEURISY
OTTAWA,
Dec.
19.
Hon.
W.
R.
Motherwell,
minister
of
agriculture,
Is
in
hospital
here
suffering
from
pleurisy,
but
the
physicians
do
not
anticipate
serious
developments.
Veteran
Wrangell
Customs
Officer
Dead
In
Seattle
Word
has
been
received
in
the
city
of
the
death
a
few
days
ago
in
Seat-tie
of
Frederick
E.
Bronson,
United
;
oiaies
aepuiy
collector
o:
customs
at
Wrangell
for
some
30
years
and
well
known
to
the-.travelling
public
on
the
north
coait.
Accompanied
by
ills
wife,
the
late
Mr.
Bronson
passed
through
Prince
Rupert
about,
three
weeks
ago
going
soucn.
his
neauninaa
not
oeen
ot
the
best
for
about
a
vear.
but
it
was
not
suspected
thai
the
end
was
soj
Deceased,
who
was
an
Americ
by
birth
and
about
70
years
of
age.
is
survived.
Desiaea
nis
widow,
by
a
son.
Fred
Bronson
pf
Seattle,
and
a
daughter,
Miss
M;
waret
Bronson
who
is
bookkeeper
M
the
sawmill
at
Wrangell.
His!
Majesty
Who
is
planning
io
open
the
Nava
Vanderhoofls
Taking
Steps
To
Secure
New
Hall
VANDERHOOF.
Dec.
19
Vander-
hoof
needs
a
community
hall
and
the
people
here
having
come
to
re
alize
tne
tact
arc
taxing
seeps
10
fill
the
need.
The
matter
has
been
before
the
Board
of
Trade
and
a
committee
has
been
appointed
to
devise
ways
and
means
of
securing
a
building
that
will
serve
the
community
and
district
in
the
best
possible
manner.
President
R.
O.
Matthews
has
ap
pointed
the
following
committee
to
make
recommendations
at
the
next
meeting
of
the
board:
Steven
Holmes.
Dr.
W.
Ross
Stone
and
Harry
V.
Taylor.
PLANE
FOR
KETCHIKAN
One
Will
Give
Sen-ice
Every
48
Hours
Next
Year,
Is
Stated
KETCHIKAN.
Dec.
19:
At
a
recent
meeting
of
the
Rotary
Club
an
address
was
given
by
Major
Q.
C.
Frame
of
the
Washington-Alaska
I
Airways
in
which
he
stated
that
at
least
one
plane
would
be
stationed
at
Ketchikan
next
year
and
that
a
regular
jsirvlce
every
48
hours
between
Ketchikan
and
Feattle
was
planned.
.
Malor
Fnvne
said
that
the
planes
sent
up
to
Alaska
last
vrar
were
here
principally
to
"prospect"
and
thus
learn
the
demands
of
the
people
of
Alaska
for
air
service.
He
said
that
they
had
found
a
great
many
"alr-mlnded"
people
In
Ketchikan
i
and
that
the
results
of
last
year's
Investigations
were
entirely
satisfactory.
Thomas
Plimley
Of
Victoria
Dies
VICTORIA,
Dec.
19.
Thomas
HiaA
la
af
ntnVi
f
n
ft
a
wy
IIIhah
four
months.
He
was
born
In
Eng-I
land
58
years
ago.
He
established
a
bicycle
business
here
in
1893
and
in
1905
entered
the
automobile
bus-
i
lncss.
Naturalist
Dies
From.Exposure
in
Aleutian
Island;
SEATTLE,
Dec.
19.
Dead
of
exposure
on
Fox
Island,
in
the
Aleutians,
the
body
of
L.
L.
Sales,
prominent
Pacific
coast
naturalist
of
San
Diego,
Cat.,
was
found
yesterday
by
the
steamer
Starr.
Captain
Anderson
reported
by
radio
that
Sales
had
gone
north
from
Seward
on
the
last
outbound
trip
and
gone
ashore
at
the
island
over
tne
captain
s
protests.
The
body
was
found
on
the
beach,
where
the
man
evidently
had
been
standing
awaiting
the
Starr's
return..
The
body
was
taken
to
Kodlak.
VANCOUVER
WHEAT
'
VANCOUVER.
Dec.
19:
Wheat
was
quoted
on
the
local
exchange
:oiay
at
$1.30si.
-
Kingr
George
Conference
in
Lohdon,
Jan.
21.
Plan
Dinner
To
Halibut
Men
At
Ketchikan
Spring
KETCHIKAN,
Dec.
19
The
Commercial
Club
Is
layine
plans
to
give
a
dinner
at
a
suitable
date
in
the
spring
to
halibut
fishermen
plying
out
of
this
port.
A
committee
Is
being
appointed
to
handle
the
affair.
Vessel
owners
will
be
among
those
receiving
bids
to
the.
alfalr,
which
promises
to
be
quite
an
event.
W.
C.
B.
Cases
Are
Discussed
Doctors
of
City
Asked
To
Exercise
Discretion
In
Keeping
Patients
in
Hospital
A
communication
from
the
Workmen's
Compensation
Board
relative
to
tne
case
or
a
man
namea
James
Skinner,
who
recently
received
treatment
In
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital,
was
read
at
last
night's
hospital
board
meeting.
.The
letter
stated
that
the
matter
had
been
carefully
considered
and
it
had
been
found
that
Skinner
had
been
given
33
days
treatment
which
was
not
necessary
and
for
which
the
board
declined
to
pay,
sending,
however,
a
check
for
$132
covering
.treatment
which
It
deemed
necessary.
Managing
Secretary
H.
W.
Birch
stated
that
the
period
lor
which
the
board
declined
to
pay
reoresented
a
loss
of
$82.50.
The
matter,
as
was
done
with
a
somewhat
similar
case
a
month
ago,
was
referred
to
the
Medical
Association
with
the
suggestion
that
doctors
of
the
city
exercise
better
discretion
in
having
patients
re-Imaln
in
hospital
when
treatment
'will
ruleAJald;!or'Tmthe
Work-
mcjiTf
Comriansatlop
'Board,
so
that
the-
li6smtal
wii
ne-tw
occasioned
losses
of
this
nature.
Hold-Up
Man
Is
Guilty
He
Says
VANCOUVER,Dec.
19.
George
Faucett,
who
attempted
to
hold
up
the
Home
and
Hastings
branch
of
the
'Bank
of
Montreal
yesterday,
pleaded
guilty
today
before
Magis
trate
Shaw
and
was
remanded
until
Monday
for
sentence.
King
George
Will
Open
Naval
Conference
Which
Meets
in
London
Soon
LONDON,
Dec.
19.
Rt
Prime
Minister,
announced
ing
meeting
of
the
five-power
naval
conference
wnich
commences
its
deliberations
here
January
21.
His
Majesty
will
deliver
the
opening
address.
The
countries
taking
part
in
the
conference
will
be
Great
Britain,
United
States,
France,
Japan
and
Italy.
The
conference
Is
the
outcome
of-
approaches
made
to
United
States
.
following
the
failure
of
a
previous
IT
7Ftffa
f
A
RflO
conference
conducted
by
the
Bald-
V
iLlll
F
A
IV2
B
Will
OnWIUPipnt
vhun
flreaf
RH-
A
w
fcAVAJL
tain,
United
States
and
Japan
tried
to
decide
on
a
policy
of
restricting
th&
building
of
war
vessels.
At
that
I
time
Britain
and
United
States'
other
for
holding
out.
The
conference.
It
la
understood,
will
endeavor
to
limit
naval
armaments
of
all
kinds
and
it
Is
possible
that
surprises
may
be
sprung
which
The
possibility
of
differences
be-
thlf
vear
has
en
between
three
tween
France
and
Italy
are
not
and
our
million
dollars
In
silver
thought
to
be
sufficiently
serious
and
lcad'
according
to
J.
D.
Skin-to
interfere
with
the
success
of
the
ner-
editor
and
proprietor
of
the
attempt
to
obtain
a
world
entente
Whitehorse
Star,
who
passed
In
naval
affairs.
through
here
bound
to
Vancouver
today.
He
also
says
there
was
an
WASHINGTON,
Dec.
19.
A
Joint
increase
In
the
gold
outout
from
statement
Issued
today
by
the
Dawson
this
year,
something
like
American
and
Japanese
delegates
$630,000
In
gold
being
shipped
south
to
the
London
naval
conference
said
from
there,
mostly
by
the
Tread-that
as
a
result
of
'the
conversa-
gold'
interests,
tions
here,
an
agreement1
in
objec-
A.
N.
C.
Treadgold
and
party
of
'
tives
of
both
countries'
was
estab-
31
came
out
as
far
as
Whitehorse
'
.
V.l.
T
''
'.frojtf
Dawy.n
by
caterpillar,
a
dls
The
statement
added
that
trie
tance
of
373
miles.
k
discussion
was
concerned
'wltlr
the
"'Mf.
Skinner
Is
going
tQ
Vancou-
'
general
philosoply.
underlying
na-
remand
Edmonton,
returning
north
yal
agreement
and
the
opportunl-
at
th
end
of
the
month.
ties
of
the
comlnc
rnnfprni
TVi.
.
discussion
did
not-go
into
.details
or
figures
"whicbU.theprovlnc
tit
the
cpnference."
Maklnr
Trouble
Secretary
of
State
Stimson
asserted
today
In
a
formal
statement
that
it
was
the
"deliberate,
irtteft'ii
tlon"
of
an
editorial;
nnb
ifrei;
irt!
cSnmdttso
ence
and
members
of
'the
cabinet
to
.
discredit
our
government
before
the
Japanese
legaUon
and
thus
try
to
cause
a
breakdown
of
the
London
conference.
The
Post
editorial
said
It
was
"needless
to
say
that
Americans
look
with
some
uneasiness
upon
the
oroposttlon
that
the
size
and
rela
tive
strength
of
the
United
States
navy
are
to
be
determined
by
a
po-
Uttcal
bargain
with
other
powers
and
that
expert
naval
counsel
Is
to
be
minimized
If
not
disregarded
altogether."
Students
Make
High
Percentages
In
the
examinations
held
re
cently
in
the
Commercial
Class
of
j.
...
,
St.
Joseph's
Academy,
the
follow-!
Foui
Aviators
Unsuccessfully
Try
Ing
young
ladles
obtained
honor!
to
Follow
Elelson's
Trail
tandlng:
,
From
Teller
Miss
Po'.cma
Cameron,
39.
,
Miss
Margaret
Smith.
87.
Li1015,
DS-
,l9:
2?e
Croason.
mim
Mildred
i.inrti
si.
Ed.
Young.
C.
H.
Glllam
and
J.
Miss
Lallah
Robertson
and
Miss
Joan
Cross
(equal).
83.
Miss
Dorothy
Brott,
82.
Miss
Kathleen
Morrison.
81.
Miss
Mirgaret
Eievcrt,
80.
THE
WEATHER
Haysport
Wet
snow,
calm,
32.
Port
Simpson
Raining,
calm,
33
Terrace
Ca'm,
cloudy.
24.
Alyansh
Light
snow,
calm,
16.
Alice
Arm
Light
snow,
calm,
26,
Anyox
Cloudy,
calm,
19.
Harelton
Snowing,
windy.
15.
Smlthers
Cloudy,
calm,
15.
Burns
Lake
Snowing
calm.
Eighth
Cabin
Clear,
calm.
Atlin
Foggy,
north
wind,
10
oeiow.
Whitehorse
Clear,
calm,
28
below.
Carmacks
Clear,
calm,
40
below.
Fort
Selkirk
Cloudy,
calm,
44
below.
AREAS
RESERVED
FOR
B1RPS
Forty-three
bird
sanctuaries
have
been
reserved
in
Canada
by
the
Department
of
the
Interior
under
the
Migratory
Birds
Convention
Act,
which
is
the
Federal
!aw
for
the
protection
of
migratory
birds.
There
are
also.
51
pub-He
shooting
grounds
reserved
by
the
Dominion
Government
In
Western
Canada.
Shooting
Is
allowed
on
these
latter
areas
In
the
open
season.
E.
H.
Simpson,
well
known
Mas-
sett
cannery
operator,
and
Mrs.'
Simpson
arrived
in
the
city
on
the
Prince
John
this
morning
from
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands,
Hon.
J.
Ramsay
Macdonald,
in
the
House
of
Commons
to-
BIG
OUTPUT
Dawson
Also
Ships
More
Gold
This
Year
Than
For
Several
Seasons
The
output
of
the
Keno
camp
of
VANCOUVER
Aut0
Southn
Cn'
7
MrTanT'mn
ni,
w"
ffi,0fanln;ell"aJi.
una
OVtt
4
VdlVVbll
wjr
n
ttegmaia
k.
urr.
real
estate
alesman
of
Vancouver,
were
fat
ally
Injured
last
night
when
truck
by
an
automobile
on
Tenth
Avenue
at
Camosun
Street.
The
SSLr?iL
"ie
aP,T
rLT"1
and,
tne
mother
lived
until
Jack
Straight,
aged
19,
New
Westminster,
was
arrested
and
Is
at
liberty
on
$5,000
ball
charged
with
manslaughter.
FOG
AND
SNOW
STOPS
SEARCH
Pah!i'
..
hopped
off
yesterday
from
Teller
to
search
for
Ben
Elelson,
the
missing
aviator,
but
fog
banks
and
snow
storms
over
Bering
Sea
forced
them
to
return.
They
had
only
open
cockpit
planes.
Women
Joining
Williams
Lake
Board
of
Trade
WILLIAMS
LAKE.
Dec.
19.
A
number
of
ladles
have
Joined
the
local
Board
of
Trade,
bringing
the
number
of
members
up
to
about
40.
This
Is
a
new
denarture
here
and
lis
expected
to
strengthen
the
or-!
ganlzatlon
considerably.
Coal
Miner
Was
Jedanaimo
NANAIMO,
Dec;
19.
Nick
Cas-cella,
52
years
of
age,
a
coal
miner,
was
killed
Wednesday
from
a
fall
of
rock
on
No.
1
level
of
the
Western
Fuel
Corporation
mine.
He
was
unmarried.
CAN
WALK
AGAIN
For
the
first
time
since
last
August,
F.
W.
Hart,
well-knownploneer
citizen,
who
has
been
suffering
from
sciatica
in
his
right
leg.
was
able
to
walk
down
town
today
from
his
home
and
back
again.
He
is
now
making
good
recovery
from
hia
disability.
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in