Aid.
Prudhpmme
Asks
Questions
Makes
Number
of
Queries
in
Connection
With
Sewer
Construction
Aid,
Prudhomme
presented
the
following
questions
at
last
night's
meeting
of
the
city
council:
l
Is
main
sewer
No.
1
completed"
2,
What
has
been
the
total
cost
to
date?
3
Has
the
work
been
carried
out
as
per
plans
accepted
by
the
city
council?
4.
Has
any
portion
or
portions
of
tame
shown
any
deficits
and,
if
so,
pf
what
nature
were
same?
5
It
not
finished,
has
the
city
engineer
brought
in
an
estimate
of
wtiat
it
will
cost
to
complete
,as
per
puns0
6.
Was
the
sewerplpejued
on
this
sewer
of
the
sametJ5&s
that
ovrr
which
the
recemy
jfrbltration
was
held?
The
questions
were
referred,
without
comment,
to
the
board
of
wurks
and
city
engineer
for
report
Inqu
Rupert
iryFrom
Islands
Regard
Peace
Outlet
An
Inquiry
has
been
received
from
Queen
Charlotte
City
by
A.
H.
Carton,
manager
of
the
Prince
Rupert
branch
of
the
Bank
of
Montreal,
exiting
Information
In
Hnrarrl
to
the
SPAIN
WILL
MADRID.
Dec.
10:
Spain
Is
planning
to
recuperate
some
of
hnr
lost
prestige
of
other
cen-1
.urirs
on
the
seas
by
pursuing
a
naval
construction
policy,
which
1
etlir.ials
of
the
Ministry
of
Marine
j
u?
will
rank
her
sixth
among
the
crcat
world
powers.
The
vessels,
i
some
of
which
were
begun
about.
wo
years
ago,
are
to
be
duiu
in
Spanish
shipyards
at
Cartagena,
Cad!2
and
Ferrol
and
will
all
be
under
construction
by
June.
1932.
Completion
of
the
program
Is
expected
within
three
years.
A'
present
the
Spanish
navy
is
madr
up
of
63
ships
of
all
classes.
mo?tlv
smaller
craft.
The
largest
rre
the
Alfonso
XIII.
and
the
Jaime
I.,
each
of
15,700
tons
displacement.
MAY
BORE
AT
ISLANDS
Oil
Exprrli
Complete
Commenced
Word
has
been
received
in
the)
who
were
exploring
Queen
Char
iot.te
Islands
list
season
with
a
ylew
to
boring
for
pll
are
to
return
in
the
spring
In
their
own
aunch
when
the
work
commenced
lasf
season
will
be
comnleted.
acquitted
if
I
am
given
a
a
r
I
can
but
watt
and
id
hoP
hope
best.
COLD
SNAP
Gordon
Northcott,
Convicted
of
Murder,
Writes
Provincial
Police
Complimenting
Them
On
Their
Work
Says
He
Has
Fresh
Defense
Evidence
and
If
He
Secures
Right
of
Appeal
Will
Be
Sure
To
Get
Off
On
Second
Trial
Gordon
Northcott,
the
man
who
was
recently
convicted
of
murder
of
young
boys
near
Riverside,
California,
and
who
was
arrested
in
British
Columbia
and
sent
south
for
trial
where
he
is
now
awaiting
execution,
has
written
the
following
letter
to
Constable
Green
of
the
provincial
police
force
at
Vernon,
B.C.
San
Quentin,
Condemned
Row
Dear
Sir,
You
will
no
doubt
be
very
surprised
to
receive
this
letter
from
me,
but
it
is
a
letter
I
should
have
written
lone
ago.
I
wish
you
to
Know
I
appreciate
greatly
tne
Kind
ana
numane
way
in
which
you
treated
me
during
the
time
I
was
In
your
custody,
but
you
movement
to
make
Prince
Rupert
UP
up
and
and
there
there
was
was
a
a
slight
sngni
moder-
moaer-
rie
outlet
of
the
line
from
Prince
They
express
a
wish
to
Join
in
she
movemen
11.
Chairman
Collart
was
much
pleased
to
get
this
Inquiry,
as
he
tavs
it
indicates
that
the
whole
district
is
becoming
interested.
At
11:30
this
morning,
the
of-
Anthritis
May
us
u
a
11;
wmh
STILL
HEREii
water
pipes
which
had
been
stop-;
iA
.
DV
tne
iron.
ttttttttttttt
received
ju
oe-
nwntrig
stotetfin
i
,
(
il
j
'
that
three
inches
of
snow
had
fal-
rflmOntOll
ilfillS'o'
Be
Prevented
But
Not
Cured
TORONTO,
Dec.
10.
Attacking
both
man
and
beast,
prince
and
peasant,
rich
and
poor,
indifferently
throughout
the
ages,
arthritis,
an
ailment
disabling
half
again
as
many
people
as
tuberculosis,
was
described
by
Dr.
Laurence
H.
Mayers
of
Chicago
at
the
15th
annual
meeting
of
the
Radiological
Society
of
North
America
as
easier
to
prevent
than
to
cure.
"Where
tuberculosis
Is
responsible
for
suffering
of
six
out
of
every
one
hundred
people
who
suffer
total
disability,"
Dr.
Mayers
said,
"chronic
anthritis
is
responsible
for
nine.
"Chronic
Infective
arthritis,"
he
laid.
"Is
but
another
name
for
chronic
rheumatism.
Whether
it
is
the
deforming
type
or
the
type
characterized
by
swelling,
the
disease
is
just
the
same,
differing
only
in
the
tissues
involved.
The
skeler
tons
of
man
and
animals,
dead
for,!
unknown
wn
centuries,
centuries,
bear
Dear
mute
mute
evi-
aence
amonz
evi-j
T.
'
1
n
A
ffiaJi88
Thousand
Russians
Are
dom.
if
ever,
kills,
yet.
as
a
cause
of
endless
pain
and
disability,
it
has
no
peer
among
the
diseases
affecting
the
human
body.
"Chronic
arthritis
is
far
more
easUy
prevented
than
cured.
It
is
always
preceded
by
an
Infection
usually
a
focus
of
infection.
This
rocuus
is
usually
accessible
for
sur
gical
removal
and
in
most
cases
may
be
lo:ated
by
radiographs,
as
in
the
teeth
and
accessory
sinuses.
If
it
is
not
allowed
to
remain,
with
its
constant
feeding
of
poisons
into
the
system,
arthritis
does
not
develop.
f
preceding
cu
tnis
J
joint
conditions,
.i.
peratures,
and
again
one
might
say
a
general,
break
In?
.health.
From
those
syrauema.
we
jnay
know
that
i.a.supuetppion
being
con-
'Unauea,
,ta
.tne
Doay
ana
n
Is
moving
on.
in
ohaeure
wav.
until
the
taint
and
le
pains
develop
to
clarify
the
Thermometer
Descended
to
Ten
Above
Last
Evening;
r
treatment
of
the
Jointe,
as
Snow
AM
Arounfl
-,
.
COncllUoti.
is
not
a
logical
procedure.
The
hope
of
relief
must
In
all
directions
from
Prince
i
t
in
ldenUflcation
and
removal
of
Rupert
at
Vancouver,
on
Van-!'
the
focus
tit
lntoetlon,
discovery
by
cower
Island,
on
the
Queen
Cinir&roiotlc
rrhqda
cjf.
the
definite
jottiea.
in
Alaska
and
In
the
'ln-.,enri
causihg
the
'
'disease,
since
terlor
there
was
a
whiteiThantlelther
are
many
tyrie"s
of
bacteria
of
trch
fallen
snow
thi&'mernlnfti
Which
may
be
responsible,
and
but.
ud
to
this
afternoon,
non'hadi
finally
the
administration
of
such
len
in
Victoria
up
ito
that
lime
i
and
it
was
still
snowing.
.
If
CIl..
D-.
Native
Fined
For
Having
Skins
of
For
being
in
possession
of
four
beaver
skins
out
of
season,
Philip
Auckland.
Port
Simpson
native,
was
fined
$10,
with
option
of
seven
days
Imprisonment,
by
Magistrate
Mc-Clymont
in
city
police
court
this
morning,
the
furs,
valued
at
about
$60.
being
also
confiscated.
The
charge
attalnst
Auckland
was
laid
by
Qame
Warden
E.
Martin
as
o
fiit
nf
sn
encounter
with
the
metric
native
at
Cow
Bay
Saturday
eve
ning.
$20
REALIZED
The
sum
ol
$20
was
realised
yesterday
as
the
result
of
the
ten
and
sale
of
home
cooking
at
the
home
of
Mrs.
Robert
Blahce,
Seal
Cove.
The
money
goes
to
the
Christmas
Tree
fund
of
St.
Peter's
Crnitch
.
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L
.
a
a
.a.
.a.
A
SALVi
A
telephone
au..
.
.
.
a-
HAma
UfaH
t
mm
"
is
is
not
not
sure
sure
whether
wnetner
oonng
oorms
message
a
local
was
lady
y
tnat
tne
calllornta
oil
experw
y
rA-
.toMnii.
that
she
t
iiiuiii
uWv...0
-.-
mis
I
...
wished
IT,-
tn
to
Hnnate
donate
two
two
dollars
dollars
to
the
Salvation
Army
fund.
Thla
is
"tart
and
t
is
honed
that
others
win
iuhuw
good
example.
Money
may
be
Sent
to
the
Salvation
Army
or
a
vu
innnvnpnt
mnv
may
may
be
be
be
left
left
left
at
,
WJU
commence
in
1030,
but
Judg-
Linconvfnient
"'B
irom
the
nature
of
the
mes-
me
EDMONTON.
Dec.
10.
Sale
of
Edmonton
city
debentures
totalling
I
$483,627.
at
a
price
oi
saa.ii,
or
u
l,lrl
nf
nrnrt.frnllv
5
32
ner
cent.
Beaver
Out
Season
,
K
spSihT.efdyaycoaS
Robert
Bygdnes
Snow
at
Vancouver
and
Other
Cities
inSouth
Is
Followed
by
Gold
Weather;
Sub-zero
Prairies
VANQOUVER,
Dec.
10.
Four
inches
of
snow
fell
last
night
here
and
the
fall
is
continuing
today.
Snow,
and
rain
have
been
general
on
the
Pacific
coast,
followed
by
colder
weather.
The
forecast
is
for
mortj
fe'now
and
colder.
On
the
prairies
they
are
haying
one
of
the
periodic
winter
cold
'
isnaps.
The
thernjometer
is
well
below
zero.
The
precipitation
is
welcomed
by
all
the
coast
cities
as
tending
to
help
solve
trie
power
situation
which
had
become
acute.
Whenthe
tjiaw
comes
there
should
be
considerable
flow
-added
-to
the
streams.
Employed
On
Manchurian
Line
feAnd
Sixteen
Thousand
Chinese
HARBIN;
Manchuria,
Dec.
10.Nine
thousand
Russian
employees
of
the
Chinese
Eastern
Railway
are
to
be
retained
in
the
jobs
they
held
for
years
prior
to
the
break
between
China
and
the
Soviet
Union
over
the
control
of
the
line.
"So
long
as
these
employees
attend
to
their
own
i
.
.
business
and
do
not
auempi
10
spreaa
coisnevuu
propa-civen
which
.
the
v
the
i
uu,-urca"
u
uu
i
t
of
new
fr
trial
the
dsase.
dominate
known
as
arthritis,
picture
there
is
i
ganda
they
will
be
kept
on
the
payroll,
said
Liu,
,
v.;.,
Yuan
iy
a
luswry
m
Iaugue.
loss
oi
Kwan
38-year-oia
president
oi
tne
roao.
"
V
P
.
.
t,
frequently
low
grade
tern-
tVf
4
....,.
nm
n
10
aUUIUUll
LU
Lite
ivuaaiauo,
uic
luajviiwjf
Eastern,
fallen
here
attnougn
ciouay
sjuwrweaimenv
'ns
.viu.iieutraiize
me
$ian
fluently,
out
no
cngusn.
"Pnhmptlv
vie
had
about
13.000
I
1
:,AAlla,
tn
,h
rf.MH.Jkllrtn
r.f
n.1
I
-
I
"
1
.
.
.
.
.
.
ooae
u.
v"
"
"
Russian
trnwovees,
dui
alter
tnei
IJtBl
niBUL
HI
O
UCIUUk,
bc
uvni-
uuik
aKmw
Mt
weather
here
so
far
thia
win-i
ter
was
recorded
when
the
ther
mometer
descended
to
ten
dereesi
,
?
above
zero,
or
22
degrees
of
frost.
During
the
night,
skies
clouded
WIRES
STILL
DOWN
t
xms
nntunuun
st
inn
in
tpmnemture
ah
the
frteid
nnrthpnut
wind,
which
has
Deen
A
Daa
swrm
Detween
nwin-
t
blnwinn
for
three
days,
ameliora-1
itaa
and
Terrace
blew
the
tivi
slishtlv.
whites"
the
Chinese
which
is
the
oldest
concession
rail
way
in
China,
also
employs
16.000
Chinese
in
operation
of
Its
1100
miles
of
track.
Its
western
terminus
is
Manchull,
on
Uie
Man-churlan-Itusslan
IronUer,
where
connections
were
formerly
made
with
the
trans-31betan
ttatlwayr
Mr.
Lieu
has
been
credited
by
some
of
the
officials
in
Nanking
and
Mukden
with
acting
without
their
consent
when
he
ousted
the
Russian
railroad
officers
and
brought
a
Siberian
army
to
various
points
along
Manchuria's
boundary.
He
has
been
an
execuUve
of
the
road
for
six
years,
ne
speaics
kus
pecis
are
either
for
snow
or
tj
tney
went
down
again
m
and
ana
feasterri
fcasterri
takes,
takes,
kreat
kreat
pride
pride
in
in
the;
continuation
of
the
cow
anap.
tne
result
is
ratner
a
Plumbers
have
been
busy
since'
of
late
telegraphic
news
ews'
the
end
of
the
week
repairing
i
toaay
s
paper
HAVE
NAVYiSErS
or
Durst
Plans
to
Recuperate
Lost
Trestlfc
and
Secure
Sixth
Rankinr
severance
of
diplomatic
relations
by
Moscow,
some
400
'red'
Russians
,
were
either
recalled
by
the
Soviet
j
government,
or
.werp
lorcea
w
&lvc:
up
their
places
because
of
evidence
;
in
our
possession
that
they
had
been
i
spreading
anti-Chinese
government
propaganda
under
the
leadership
of
;
trained
hands
from
Moscow."
Mr.
i
T.lu
prrinhaslzed.
telegraph
wires
down
early
Wf,
tnnk
pharee
all
yesterday
morning.
T.bi8
muvpr
knnwn
to
flelal
barometer
at
Dm
by
Island
mornine
they
were
connectea
1
1
missed."
Naturally,
wneni
the
trouble-
us
were
dls-
tnorf
steadv
at
around
29.70.
Pros-
again
for
a
brief
period
but
tl
The.,
nresldent
of
the
Chinese
L0SELIVES
.
NEVYQRK
Ten
Persons
Lost
Lives,
fen
or
More
Injured
When
Films
,
Catpfo
t
'
Fire,vj
...iLn"
..
NEWYORkibec'riO-TniDDed
in
a
blazing
'mo
tion
picture
studio
used
jbifltly
by
the
Manhattan
Silldios
and
the
Pathe
Mo-tioh
Pictures
Exchanges
today,
ten
persons
lost
their
lives
and
ten
or
more
were
seriously
injured,
jumping
from
third
storey
windows.
tne;-
f
in
1
paucity
I
it
that
the
railway
has
been
oper-
j
I
lpfpp
fpfl
Kvla
VVS
In
fated
successfully
since
the
Russian
LClCatCU
WJiaivo
noon,
ine
price,
uiicicu
u
Canadian
Bank
of
Commerce,
was
reported
by
the
city
commissioners
to
be
very
favorable.
The
sale
will
allow
completion
of
financing
the
city's
capital
requirements
for
the
year.
Is
Laid
To
Rest
Funeral
of
Well
Known
Orderly
of
Princ
Uuwrt
Genera'
Hos
pital
This
Afternoon
The
funeral
of
the
late
Robert
Bygdnes.
orderly
for
many
years
at
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hos-nltal.
who
died
-suddenly
Satur
day
night,
took
place
this
after
noon
at
i
OCIOCK.
fUUUWlUK
u
service
in
the
chapel
of
the'
B.
C.
Undertakers,
interment
was
made
in
Falrvlew
Cemetery.
Rev.
John
H.
Hanson,
pastor
of
St.
Paul's
Lutheran
Church,
officiated
and
Peter
Lien
presided
at
the
organ.
"Nearer
My
Ood
to
Thee"
was
sung
as
a
hymn
by
the
congregation
present.
Pallbearers
were
H.
W.
Birch,
U.
Wicks,
O.
Anderson,
M,
Johnson,
J.
Olson
ana
Jonn
wick
.
A
number
of
floral
tributes
tes
tified
rto
the
esteem
and
popularity
"
18
tho"Bht
thls
wl11
ln
wlllch
deceased
was
held.
done
4-
general
manager
and
the
several
thousana
Russian
employees
wcic
succeeded
by
Chinese.
"Moscow
thought
the
road
would
quickly
go
to
rack
and
ruin,"
Mr.
Liu
said,
"but
both
our
freight
and
passenger
service
has
been
running
i
on
time,
with
few
exceptions
due
to
sabotage
or
the
shelling
or
uomD
itonH
nf
nnp
n
formerly
"
To
Be
Submitted
Again
To
Voters
The
cltv
council
decided
last
night,
on?
recommendation
of
the
ine
of
the
yards
at
frontier
points,
nnrrt
nf
wnrks
to
resubmit
to
the
ever
since
the
controversy
came
to
j
ratepayers
the
money
bylaws
for
a
head
in.
July.
iMcBrlde
Street
extension
and
over-
"At
present
when
the
fall
crops
expenditure
on
main
sewer
which
are
moving
we
have
started
to
de-
were
rejected
at
the
polls
some
iivpr
rtntiv
annroximatelv
16.000
months
aeo.
The
bylaws
will
be
tons
of
soya
beans
and
other
Man-
presented
at
the
annual
municipal
churlan
products
to
the
South
Man-
election
next
month,
it
is
planned,
churlan
Railway
at
Changchun.
To
,
Speaking
to
the
recommenda-accomplish
this
we
have
nearly
tlons,
Aid.
Brown,
chairman
of
the
doubled
the
tonnage
of
our
freight
i
Board
of
Works
stated
that
the
mine
nsinff
two
locomotives
in-
committee
had
discussed
the
ques
tion
oi
me
oytaws
ana
nau
uik.cu
Th
miiwnv
mav
be
ODerated
In
the
view
tnat
it
wouia
not
De
iair
thSuturemWdoUMbtt
to
saddle
next
year's
council
with
formerly
worked
on
a
fixed
gold.
them.
Expenditures
amounted
to
rouble-yer
Tbasls
but
when
Russia
$6600
and
19-000.
for
which
the
broke
off
diplomatic
relations
with
money
had
not
yet
been
ProvWed.
China
effort
were
made
to
get
t
Train
Derailed1
At
Namur
Today;
Seventeen
Killed
BRUSSELS.
Dec.
10.
Seventeen
persons
were
killed
and
48
Injured
today
when
a
workmen's
train
was
derailed
at
the
entrance
to
Namur
station
today.
This
included
the
gold
rouble,
,
out
out
of
of
Dl!
general
generai
rune
fund.
myor
Mayor
jmcmpf-
tmoniiu
intarmu
arc
vitanv
in-
uc
wuiauicu.
wUu.u
...v..
t--rt
in
thp
fixintr
of
the
ex-
additional
live
or
six
mius
on
next
change
rate
owlna
to
the
fact
that
year's
tax
rate.
Aid.
Collart
added.
io.uuu
tons
oi
irciBui,
approximately
0..nr.
A
-r.mor
-are
Richmond
E.
Mortimer
after
turned
over
by
the
Chinese
Eastern
to
the
Japanese
owned
paying
a
visit
to
his
sister
in
South
Manchurian
Railway
every
California
has
returned
and
has
day
at
Changchun.
They
desire
,
resumed
his
duties
with
the
Cana-that
exchange
be
placed
.on
a
yen
dlan
Bank
of
Commerce
as
teUer.
basis,
but
the
Chinese
say
that
Is,
at
the
Nakusp.
B.C.
branch.
out
of
the
questions
t
ASKED
NAMES
OF
REAL
ESTATE
MEN
OF
PRINCE
RUPERT
EM
Yesterday
we
had
Inquiries
for
local
real
estate
agents
who
were
advertising
with
us.
We
sent
away
the
names
of
H.
G.
Helgerson
Ltd..
S.
D.
Johnston
and
M.
M.
Stephens
4
as
being
the
only
ones
and
STOCK
QUOTATIONS
(Courtety
8.
D.
Johmton
Co.)
Bayview,
2,
2&.
Big
Missouri.
67.
Nil.
Cork
Province,
5,
5Vj.
Cotton
Belt.
Nil,
30.
Dunwell,
5.
Nil.
Oeorge
Copper.
2.80.
2.85.
Georgia
River,
15,
16.
Oolconda,
76,
84.
Gra.ndview.
16,
16V.
Independence,
3,
5.
Indian.
Nil,
5.
Infer.
Coal
Si
Coie.
25.
Nil.
Ko'iteriay
Florence.
8V.
8.
Kootenay
King.
8,
8VV
L,
L..
1,
NU.
Lurky
Jim.
Nil,
8.
Mohawk.
2.
3.
jQb'e
Five.
44
V,.
45
25.
Ptnd
Oreille.
2.6S,;2.75,
Premier
1.68,
1.70.
.
Porter-Idaho.
27.
30
Reeves
aiaJnaldli2.1M.25.
Rnfus-Argenta.
9!4,
10.
Ruth-Hope.
20.
25.
Sl'ver
Crest.
5Vi,
6.
Silverado.
35,
40.
Bunloch.
Nil.
1.10.
Topiey
Richfield.
5.
Whitewater.
15.
20.
Wooflblne.
Nil.
3.
Bluebird,
5i
5Vi.
Amulet
t.75
1.78.
Dome,
755,
7.35.
Falconbridge,
5.B5,
6.00.
Hudson
Bay.
9.80.
9.95.
International
Nickel;
3225,
32.40.
Imperial
Oil.
28.50.
29.00.
Noranda.
35.00,
3523.
Sherritt
Oordon.
325.
327.
Sudbury
Basin.
3.80.
3.90.
Teck
Hughes,
5.10,
5.15.
Oils
A.
P.
Con..
1.96.
1.98.
Calmont.
1.05.
1.06.
Da'housie.
1,70.
1.75
Fabyan
Pete,
flf
7.
Home.
9.65.
95.
Freehold.
63,
70
Mercury.
72,
71
Hargal,
1.01.
1.02.
it--
United.
70.
Nil.
Sterling
Pacific,
120,
123.
Local
Hosoital
Tenth
Largest
Columbian.
New
Westminster,
210:
St.
Joseph's.
Victoria,
165;
Royal
Inland.
Kamloops.
130:
St.
Eugene's,
Cranbrook.
100;
Nanalmo
General.
Nanalmo.
75.
Cold
Weather
Is
Cause
Mill
Close
Small
Water
Pipes
Around
Saws
Frecie
Un:
Resuming
Operations
at
Once
Owlne
to
the
cold
weather
freezing
up
some
of
the
small
pipes
around
the
saws,
the
Big
uay
Lumoer
uo.s
sawmiu
ai
sear
Cove
has
been
idle
the
past
two,
suggested
that
any
of
them
tdays.
The
planer
Is
starting
up
would
give
good
service.
again
this
afternoon
and
the
j
whole
plant
will
be
in
full
opera-
4-
4'
tlon
within
a
day
or
so.
employers
1
TOMORROW'S
TIDES
t
Boston
Grill
to
LAEGE
CABARET
a.
Wednesday,
December
11
i
'IS-
BjwciiJ
Pinner
Thuridirt
and
BttunUyi
High
9:30
a.m.
19
J)
ft."'
Ar.
Dancing
txrrj
Saturday
-
Night,
"
9
to
It
Dux
HtU
r
22:04
p.m.
16.8
ft.
U,-,'::J.
Low
2:67
a.m.
8J2
ft.
Aooommodstlona
tut
PrlvU
Parttoa
16:03
pm.
7.9
ft.
rUONE
437
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
.NEWSPAPER
Vol.
XX.,
No.
287.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.0.,
TUESDAY,
DEC.
10,
1929
PRICE
FIVE.
CENTS
weie
only
living
up
to
the
standard
oi
the
Canadian
ponce
oincers.
it
is
thla
bravery,
humaneness
and
honorableness
that
makes
the
provincial
Dolice
force
one
that
Can
ada
might
well
be
proud
of.
Other
countries
suiter
by
comparison
Although
I
have
been
cohvic
by
the
flimsiest
circumstantial
evi
dence,
the
newspapers
have
convinced
mostly
everyone
of
my
guilt
by
their
sensational
and
false
writeups.
However,
my
attorneys
and
advising
counsel
assure
me
I
a)n
almost
certain
of
winning
my
appeal.
With
new
defence
evidence
we
have
discovered.
I
am
am
sure
sure
of
of
belni
being
Storm
in
Britain
is
Cause
of
Destruction
Great
Loss
of
Life
LONDON,
Dec.
10.
One
hundred
and
sixty-three
persons
are
dead,
rrtjstly
at
sea
as
a
result
of
a
storm
which
has
been
battering
Great
Britain
and
continental
Europe
for
the
past
week.
The
number
of
vessels
wrecked
or
badly
damaged
has
reached
a
total
of
69
around
the
British
Isles
alone.
Floods
have
threatened
in
England,
a
number
of
rivers
having
risen
from
the
heavy
rains
which
acc:
m-panied
the
wind,
but
so
far
have
done
no
damage
of
importance.
The
storm
moderated
today
but
later
threatened
to
become
worse.
Middle-Aged
Man
Is
Extolled
by
Secretary
Davis
W
A
ClTTMriTnV
Ta
1
n
Th
value
of
the
middle-aged
man
in
the
nation's
Industrial
fabric
was
extolled
today
by
Secretary
Davis
of
the
Labor
Department.
Advancement
has
been
made,
he
Said,
in
disproving
the
"false
philosophy"
that
men
are
through
when
they
reuch
the
age
of
40
or
50.
"On
the
other
hand."
he
declared
In
his
annual
report
to
Congress,
tnp9
an
ffTOJta
it
is
becoming
the
jtuflr
molt
enlightened
u
men
of
the
ace
of
40
or50
year
or
over
are
often
better
qualified
by
experience,
ability
and
settled
habits
to
render
more
valu
able
sev
vice
than
those
of
a
younger
age."
The
age
question
was
said
by
the
secretary
to
be
one
of
the
grave
economic
problems
that
deserved
the
nation's
particular
consideration
and
during
Uravrrting
years
he
expected
to
seY
great
lessening
in
the
practice
oretlring
from
"It
has
been
adequately
proved,"
he
said,
"that
efficiency
is
not
served
by
the
enforced
ret!-ement
of
our
mlddle--ge-
arllsuns
in
industry;
nor
is
humanity
made
happier
by
the
bringing
about
of
sudden
work
or
(adjustments
which
these
displaced
men
are
frequently
called
upon
to
meet."
MANY
CASES
ARE
NEEDY
Christmas
Hampers
Necessary
To
Enable
Number
of
Poor
People
To
Enjoy
Season
The
Salvation
Army,
is
finding
a
good
mafjy
cases
wheje
Chiistmas
hampers
should
be
("ntr
Both
money
and
groceries
are
needed
to
enable
them
to
do
tW
ind
the
response
this
year
has
been
slow.
No
.
'casn
nas
d
i
conuiDuiea
as
yet,
In
British
Columbia.
According
to
although
.
th
e
have
been
several
Directory
Issued
By
Federal
generous
offe.s
of
goods.
Government
The
local
irmy
officials
are
anx-
ious
to
do
what
they
can
to
make
The
Prince
Rupert
General
Hos-
Christmas
happy
for
those
who
oltal.
with
a
total
of
seventv
beds.
have
ndt
the
means
to
provide
for
is
the
tenth
largest
hospital
in
'nemseives.
Tney
una
tnat
some
British
Columbia
according
to
a,
of
the
cases
brought
to
their
notice
directory
of
Canadian
hospitals
are
possibly
the
fault
of
the
destl-which
han
lust
been
issued
by
the
tute
persons
themselve
but
other
Department
of
Pensions
ana
Na-
cases
are
more
oeservmg.
in
any
tional
Health.
Ottawa,
having
event,
it
is
the
Christmas
season
been
compiled
by
the
Department
and
it
is
the
desire
to
make
every-of
Hospital
Service.
Canadian
one
happy.
It
is
hoped
that
read-Medical
Association.
The
Vancou-
ers
of
the
Dally
News
wUl
help
the
ver
General
Hospital,
with
1050
Army
in
their
good
work,
beds,
is
by
far
the
largest
hospital
Adjutant
Kerr
announces
that
no
in
this
province.
Other
hospitals
Christmas
dinner
will
be
given
this
larger
than
the
local
one
are:
St.
year
unless
the
(money
l
forthcom-Paul's.
Vancouver.
302;
Royal
ng
and
that
the
fUt.
effort
will-be
Jubilee
Victoria.
288;
Tranqullle
provide
Christmas
hampers
for
Sanitarium.
Tranqullle.
245;
Royal:
the
needy.
BIRTH
A
son
was
born
at
Seattle
on
December
1
to
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Benny
McDanlels,,
nee
Florence
Hardy,
lormer
or
tw
cyty
Scottish
Humor
Imported
direct
from
the
Aberdeen
Joke
Factory
I
ll'l
THE
DARWINIAN
THEORY
When
an
Aberdeen
boy
asked
Ms
mother
the
other
day:
"Is
it
true,
mlther.
that
we
sprung
fae
monkiest
she
replied,
"I
dlnna
ken.
laddie.
I
wisha
very
well
ac-quent
wi
yer
falther's
fowk."
,.,
If