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Weather
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No.
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ClMmllNlEW
RETIRING
W.
C.
Orchard
General
Aeent
For
Canadian
Pacific
Railway
Here,
Being
Superannuated
LongService
Successor
in.
Prince
Rupert
is
W.
L.
L'oates,
A
rent
For
Company
AtvJunrau
Wallace
C.
Orchard,
who,
as
gen-iral
agent
forth
Canadian
Pacific
iallway
Oo.
liere
for
the
past
13
cars,
has
b?eo
a
popular
and
valued
local
tsnnsporvatlun
official.
iwlll
retire
frayi
the
service
of
the
:ompany
on
superannuation
at
the
nd
of
this
month,
it
way
announced
today.
Mr.,
Orchard,
who
ex-ects
to
lea
p''lnce
Rupert
about
ihe
middle
of
jjLiuaiy
to
make
hi?
future
residence
in
Vancouver,
wtr
j
be
succeeded
hgle
by
W
L.
Coate
isjent
for
the
Company
at
Juneau
for
several
yean,
who
is
due
to
at
lve
here
from
the
Alaskm
capital
to
January
20
Mr.
Orchard
Has
been
In
the
ser
vice
of
the
Cai&dktn
Pacific
Rail-
f
way
1
ovet"42BlHWvrng
$ar'
ied
with
the
freight
auditor
department
at
Montreal
June
19.
1889.
On
July
13,
1898,
he
became
a
tariff
clerk
in
the
office
of
the
general
freight
agent
at
Montreal
and,
on
April
1.
1903,
was
promoted
to
the
position
of
chief
Clerk
In
the
freight
arlff
bureau
at
Montreal
Advance-nent
to
the
post
of
chief
clerk
to
the
general
freight
agent
at
Mon-real
followed
on
April
IS,
1907,
and
n
February
1.
1910.
having
moved
vest,
he
assumed
the
duties
of
chief
:lerk
to
the
general
freight
agent
at
Vancouver.
In
February
1918
he
mme
to
Prince
Rupert
as
general
lgent
for
the
company
and
since
that
time
has
been
located
here.
Departure
from
Prince
Rupert
of
Mr.
Orchard
will
be
a
matter
of
re-?ret
to
his
many
friends
as
well
as
to
the
business
public
generally.
He
ias
been
a
member
of
and
taken
an
ictlve
part
In
the
affairs
of
the
Jrlnce
Rupert
Chamber
of
Com-nerce.
Rotary
Club,
Prince
Rupert
Hub
and
Masonic
Order
during
his
etldence
In
the
city.
He
has
also
been
prominent
in
the
affairs
of
St.
Andrew's
Anglican
Cathedral,
being
a
past
treasurer
of
that
church.
Mrs.
Orchard
has
also
become
very
well
known
and
esteemed
while
here
although
she
has
suffered
a
good
deal
from
Illness
during
the
past
few
years.
They
will
both
be
wished
long
life
and
happiness
after
their
departure
from
Prince
Rupert.
Elections
Are
Not
Expressive
National
Women's.
Library
Association
of
Britain
Passes
Resolution
LONDON.
Dec.
15
The
.Women's
National
Liberal
Federation
passed
a
resolution
declaring
under
our
present
system
at
elections
the
real
political
Judgement
of
the
country
cannot
find
expression,
and
that
the
professed
system
of
one
man
one
vote
has
become
a
farce.
Tomorrow's
Tides
Wednesday
December
16,
1931
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18:40
p.m
16:1
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Low
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o.m.
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YORK
PREPARATIONS
BEING
MADE
FOR
DISARMAMENT
WIFE
DIED
LASTWEEK
Tragedies
Come
in
Quick
Succession
to
Cartlen
Family
in
Vancouver
VANCOUVER,
Dec
lt;
Bllsa-
brtii
Ann
Cardan,
wife
of
Walter
i
n
dm
77,
who
was
killed
in
an
.nit
1
1
crash
here
Saturday
night.
di
(i
just
last
Wednesday
The
aged
'Hiiiie
had
come
here
from
Brltan-Beach.
One
son,
Maurice,
and
in
du
lighter.
Mrs.
A.
J.
Lowther.
"tvive
Mrs.
Garden
was
76
years
Western
Artists
Continuing
Busy
f.rralcr
Work
and
Finer
Exhibitions
Than
Ever
Ik-fore
Are
Being
Planned
OTTAWA.
Dec.
15:
Art
is
flour-iiniK
throughout
the
Western
pro-.11.
res
and
the
artists
of
both
the
i.r.irie
provinces
and
British
O&H
.si
miiiii
are
carrying
on,
planning
cr"r
r;
wur
awn
-liner
HttHurHBi.
ii:
over
before
This
Is
the
word
'i-
mht
back
to
the
capital
by
H.
'
1
MrCurry,
assistant
director
of
i
National
Oallery
who
recently
nmed
from
a
western
tour
which
K
him
to
the
Pacific
Coast.
The
:
mm!
exhibition
of
Canadian
art,
'
i
li
will
be
held
at
the
National
'
-iii
:
in
January,
will
have
many
:
enUitlons
from
western
artists.
Mi
McCurry
states.
Talks
About
Halibut
Price
At
Ketchikan
KFTCIIIKAN.
Dec
15
Return-in
from
a
business
trip
to
Seattle.
1
'
k
Molaca
has
reopened
office
as
a
buyer
for
the
San
Juan
innR
and
Packing
Company.
He
in
the
market
for
king
salmon
"i
will
buy
halibut
as
usual
when
'tie
season
begins.
Thi-re
Is
every
reason
to
believe
fi
it
spring
and
summer
sales
of
itbtit
will
show
an
Improvement,"
id
Mr
Molaca.
"At
the
present
uie
the
dealers,
fishermen
and
"".it
owners
are
faced
wttn
tne
'tne
situation
which
confronts
the
i
ii
mors
and
every
other
class.
Halibut
is
now
being
sold
In
Boston
for
unci
ii
cents
a
pound
wholesale.
''viry
one
familiar
with
fishing
now.s
dealers
cannot
make
any
money
at
that
price.
But
one
advantage
of
the
low
price
Is
the
fact
'hat
the
present
stock
of
frown
fi
;it
is
moving.
Business
mn
every-tt'hore
are
sacrificing
'old
stock
In
he
hope
of
getting
profits
from
"
w
stocks.
It
Is
part
of
the
road-m.stment
plan."
Married
Twenty-Five
Years:
Gives
Birth
to
Twenty-Third
Child
MONTREAL,
Dec.
15:
A
recent
"
'.snatch
from
St.
Prime,
Que.,
announced
that
Mrs.
Joseph
Guy
of
1
"tU
district
celebrated
the
twenty-ifth
anniversary
of
her
marriage
v
nlvlng
birth
to
her
twenty-third
child.
One
Law
In
Favor
of
Car
Owner
The
State
of
Connecticut
hns
Just
n.msed
a
bill
requrtng
garage
men
'
secure
written
permission
of
the
ner
for
automobile
repairs
cost-"
more
than
$50.
Just
Married
In
1928
Mildred
Walker
was
"Miss
Pittsburg."
Now
she's
Mrs.
Frank
Whitsett.
which
all
goes
to
show.
A
Honolulu
honeymoon
too.
DENIES
FAKE
HUMOUS
,..
BdUK.
Dark
hcm:
.
It
fits
beerr
brought
to
my
4
attention
that
a
rumor
Ik
going
around
to
the
effect
that
we
t
are
selling
some
of
the
articles
contributed
for
the
relief
of
those
who
are
In
need.
4
This
Is
absolutely
untrue
and
4
without
foundation
of
fact
In
any
respect.
We
simply
act
as
agents
tor
those
who
wish
to
4
donate
and
In
the
best
pos-
slble
manner
turn
over
the
goods
or
money
entrusted
to
us
to
be
used
for
the
benefit
of
4
4
those
In
need.
4
4
Rumors
that
clothing
is
be-
4
4
ing
sent
to
Vancouver
and
To-
4
4
ronto
are
equally
untrue.
Ev-
4
4
erything
donated,
whether
4
4
clothes,
money
or
groceries,
is
4
4
used
In
Prtnoe
Rupert
or
the
4
4
immediate
district.
4
4
CAPT.
STEELE.
4
4
Salvation
Army.
4
4
Telegraph
Wires
Are
Down
Today
Snow
Conditions
This
Side
of
Kwln-llsa
on
Lower
Skeena
Caused
Interruption
Today
Heavy
snow
fell
during
the
night
m
the
lower
Skeena
River
and
wires
of
all
lines
went
down
between
Prince
Rupert
and
Kwlnltsa
early
this
morning.
The
wires
were
still
down
at
an
early
hour
this
after
noon.
Special
Sailings
of
Union
Boats
For
Christmas
midnight
on
Hailing
iruiu
w-
-
-
Friday
of
this
week
for
Vncm.v.
Cardena
will
make
a
Union
steamer
special
call
at
Ocean
Falls
en
route
Northbound
on
ner
sam.
-
..
.
T..,.m
i
the
iteam-
vancouveroi
iuu'
-
-
!er
Catala
Will
make
a
special
call
i
.
...
.thiuMinH
on
ner
At
ocean
runs
iw
way
nere.
,
On
Christmas
Day
the
northbound
sailing
of
the
steamer
Ca-tala
from
Vancouver
will
or
delayed
from
0
p.m.
to
mldnlunt
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
I
!
WILL
BROADEN
!
LOCARNO
PACT
OENEVA,
Dec.
15:
Advance
Information
regarding
the
dls-
armament
conference
to
be
held
here
next
spring
Indicate
j
that
efforts
will
be
made
to
bring
:
out
a
new
and
broader
version
of
the
Locarno
Pact
whereby
signatory
nations
will
guarantee
their
actions
and
efforts
against
aggressive
war-
fare.
MAY
QUIT
HIS
TOUR
Rt.
Hon.
Winston
Churchill
Fares
Long
Period
in
Hospital
as
Result
of
Accident
NEW
YORK.
Dec.
15:
Facing
the
prospect
of
having
to
spend
five
weeks
in
hospital
for
treatment
of
Injuries
sustained
Sunday
night
when
he
was
knocked
down
by
an
automobile,
Rt.
Hon.
i-
Winston
.ChurchilUBrltkh
states
man,
will
probably
have
to
cancel
the
greater
part
of
a
lecture
tout
of
the
United
States
on
which
he
was
about
to
embark
when
the
accident
occurred.
Mr.
Churchill
was
struck
by
an
automobile
when
he
attempted
to
cross
Fifth
Avenue
against
the
traffic
signals.
He
admits
that
he
was
solely
to
blame
himself
for
the
accident.
The
police,
agreeing
with
this
view,
have
released
the
driver
of
the
car
which
struck
Mr.
Churchill.
Five
Thousand
School
Children
Are
Inoculated
VANCOUVER.
Dec.
15
Wlthli
next
tew
weeks
final
antl-dlph
theria
toxoid
Inoculations
will
b-
glven
to
approximately
5000
school
children,
bringing
the
total
of
Immunised
children
under
11
toabou
10.000.
It
Is
announced
by
Dr.
J.
W
Mcintosh,
city
medical
health
of
fleer.
Since
toxoid
treatment
of
school
children
started
In
1929
the
diph
theria
rate,
which
had
advanced
steadily
till
'
that
year
since
records
were
first
maintained,
ha
taken
a
tremendous
drop.
The
peaks
were
In
1928
and
1029,
with
559
and
548
cases
respectively
General
toxoid
treatment
was
started
In
1929.
and
next
year
the
diphtheria
cases
dropped
to
17'
To
date
this
year
there
have
been
only
60.
The
city's
share
of
hospital
costs
for
diphtheria
cases
for
nine
months
this
year
is
iSC.500
less
than
for
the
corresponding
period
of
1929.
Mother
of
Ocean
Falls
Man
Dies
IMrsi
Margaret
Mepneoi
of
Ilritan
,
nla
Reach
Passes
Away
In
Vancouver
The
dertth
occurred
In
Vancouver
last
Wednesday
of
Mrs.
Margaret
Stephens,
wife
of
George
Stephens
of
Britannia
Beach
and
mother
of
Michael
Stephens
of
Ocean
Falls.
Besides
the
son
at
Anyox,
there
are
two
other
sons
The
funeral
took
place
at
Nanalmo
on
Sunday.
"AGENT
IS
Displaying
An
Indian
Relic
A
hundred
yafs
ago
ui;s
poor
north
couai
indians
Now
it
an
Miss
Dorothy
u
INTEREST
iCANONIZING
OF
WOMEN!
YOUNG
GIRL
Miss
Agnes
McPhaiL
M.
P
Says
They
Should
Take
Public
Lite
Seriously
EDMONTON,
Dec.
15:
Four
ears
ago
she
wouldn't
have
been
!
Edinburgh
is
leaving
for
Rome
In
.onsldered
respectable
enough
to
;
connection
with
the
movement
for
address
a
Women's
Canadian
Club,
I
canonisation
of
Margaret
Sinclair.
Miss
Agnes
McPhall
declared
when
an
Edinburgh
factory
girl
who
died
ihe
spoke
to
an
Edmonton
audience
tuberculosis
In
1925.
of
It
members
In
the
Interest
of
i
Evidence
has
been
taken
on
oath
jeace
and
disarmament.
"It
Is
be-
from
several
persons
as
to
her
cause
I
have
a
good
deal
of
faith
I
saintliness
and
as
to
cures
and
In
the
common
sense
of
people,
and
,
mysterious
effects
which
are
said
particularly
women,
that
I
am
u
nave
resulted
from
her
powers
wearing
myself
out
on
the
close
intercession.
Margaret
Sinclair
oacked
Itinerary
that
the
general
WM
one
time
engaged
to
a
young
ecretary
of
the
clubs
has
marked
-soldier.
She
broke
off
the
en-vut
inent,
and
after
her
death
the
for
me
on
this
tour."
the
victor
t
four
federal
election
campaigns
averred.
"I
would
also
like
the
women
of
Canada
to
take
public
life
seriously
and
to
accomplish
something
definite.
They
cant
do
that
while
they
take
only
a
half-hearted
interest
in
public
affairs.
But
I
want
them
to
do
It
In
a
woman's
way.
British
women
are
much
more
deeply
Interested
In
the
vital
things
of
living
than
Canadian
women.
At
any
International
gathering
the
British
women
are
the
best
informed
of
any
women
there,
but
they
do
It
by
hard
work
and
real
Interest
and
not
by
frittering
their
time
away
on
nonessentials,"
said
Miss
MacPhall.
"They
play,
but
they
play
when
they
play
and
work
when
they
work."
11(1
f
C
1
ilTirS.
VyraWIOrfl
Is
President
of
Conservatives
FORT
ST
JOHN.
Dec.
15:
Mrs.
E.
Crawford
has
been
elected
for
her
third
term
as
president
of
the
Fort
St.
John
Conservative
Association.
Mr.
Cran
is
secretary-treasurer
and
Mrs.
W.
Walde,
HOSPITAL
ii
wu
u
tribal
feasting
bowl
of
inhibit
:u
a
New
York
an
gallery
tts
is
tundlng
by.
Margaret
Sinclair
of
Edinburgh
Exhibited
Saintliness
in
Life
LONDON,
Dec.
15:
Archbishop
MacDonald,
the
Roman
Catholic
Archbishop
of
St.
Andrews
and
young
man
came
forward
to
testify
to
her
saintliness.
Her
grave
In
the
Mount
Vernon
Cemetery
in
EdlabuRgh
attracts
many
visitors.
Frank
Lindsay
Trial
Is
Going
On
In
Seattle
SEATTLE,
Dec.
15:
All
women
jurors
were
eliminated
yesterday
at
the
opening
of
the
Frank
Lindsay
trial.
What
Better
Work
Than
to
Bring
Happiness
to
Needy
at
Christmas?
Some
people
like
to
search
out
for
themselves
some
family
or
families
that
are
In
need
and
see
that
they
are
eared
for.
Members
of
churches
sometimes
like
to
care
for
their
own
people.
Outside
of
this
there
are
always
a
large
number,
often
the
worst
cases,
who
have
no
one
to
look
after
them.
These
are
searched
out
by
the
Salvation
Army
and
made
happy
at
the
Christmas
season.
What
better
work
could
be
done?
Previously
acknowledged
L.
W.
Patmore
W.
O.
Fttlton
Anonymous
rsBfin
TAXI
32
Prompt
24
Hour
Service
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
PARLEY
OPPOSED
TO
TAKING
OFF
2-CENT
DUTY
Ketchikan
Taper
Discusses
Bone
of
Contention
betwesn
American
and
Canadian
Fishermen
In
a
recent
Issue,
the
Ketchikan
Chronicle
says:
"A
matter
of
considerable
importance
to
the
halibut
fishing
Interests
of
Alaska
will
be
voted
upon
by
referendum
by
the
Deep
Sea
Fishermen's
Union
December
29
along
with
the
election
of
officers.
It
Is
j
whether
the
Canadian
flshenncn
:
shall
separate
from
the
American
fishermen,
the
Canadians
to
form
j
their
own
union.
"The
same
subject
Is
before
the
'Fishing
Vessel
Owners'
Association
which
Is
composed
of
owners
of
boats
engaged,
In
flihlng.
So
far
as
is
known
here
the
vessel
owners
!
have
taken
no
official
action
on
the
I
subject
yet,
but
It
Is
believed
the
general
committee
representing
various
.interests
appointed
at
the
meeting
of
the
association
in
Seattle
will
also
consider
thl.
.phase
'
among
'many-ether
-sutifetts-'to
be
considered.
"The
Canadian
fishermen
belonging
to
the
union
and
to
the
association
are
practically
a
unit
In
declaring
that
the
American
duty
must
be
equalized
so
that
Canadian
boats
would
be
paid
the
same
price
for
fish
as
paid
American
boats
in
i
Canadian
ports.
Most
of
the
hali
but
men
who
attended
the
hearing
of
the
international
fisheries
commission
in
Seattle,
acordlng
to
L.
P.
Sunderland,
a
member
of
the
advisory
committee
on
the
commission,
were
against
any
lowering
of
American
duty
on
halibut.
Therefore,
from
all
accounts
there
seems
little
chance
of
the
two
factions
reaching
an
agreement."
SENATE
IN
DEADLOCK
Jnitcd
States
Upper
Chamber
is
Unable
to
Decide
on
President
WASHINOTON,
D.C.,
Dec.
15:
-Despite
repeated
ballots,
the
Senate
was
still
deadlocked
last
night
on
the
appointment
of
ft
president
to
succeed
Senator
Motes
who
has
been
acting
as
senator
protem.
BLESSING
IN
GOLD
LONDON
Dec.
15
A
blesslnc
written
In
gold
on
parchment
studded
with
Jewels
and
signed
by
the
Pope
was
presented
to
Mis?
Nora
TUx
at
her
weeding
at
Oate-
jhead
to
Mr.
Hugh
K
Donnelly,
of
Glasgow,
a
prominent
Roman
Catholic
worker.
$67.50
25.00
10.00
5.00