Todays Weather prince Rupert Raining, fresh southeast wind; barometer, 29.84; temperature, 35; light chop. She ; mmln Tomorrow's Tides Tuesday, anuary 26, 1933 No. 19. - - ' vol XXIII . ' PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 1932 price: five cents SAN SHANGHAI ui FOCAL POINT IN ORIENTAL Canadian Destroyers Are Standing Guard In Revolution Zone Skccna and Vancouver at Alcajuhl to Protect Foreign Lives and Property From Communistic Disturbances BALBAO, Canal Zone, Jan. 25: The Canadian destroyers Skeena and Vancouver are standing by the port of Alcajuhl on the Pacific Coast of San Salvador to protect foreign lives and property from a Communist disturbance in the Central American republic. The Skeena has already taken on board a number of women refugees from the in- surrectlon but no Canadian are re- Anti-Communist Brigade is Being Formed in Spain ID SPAIN. Jan. 25 A Ir';! : anti-Communist shoes ocmg oorganlsed by Uie R , ,;s i: government and will be K ' Barcelona areawherr V. i been numerous out. Y' it : atr supposedly of Red ai.Kin in the city of Bar-it'' -a ted last night to be lp. sings In country dls-: '-ported to have been Veteran Pacific Coast Captain Dies in 'Frisco FVl HHNrrsco. Jan 25 Cap-' Oray. veteran navtga-' Pacific coast, died here fc'K-end. He was the ric- t ." .m attack. Police Force Is Dismissed nwolulu Officers Hc-Engagcd On One Year's Probation 1!"N'"! i"LU. Jan. a& The en- ' force of Honolulu was 1 yesterday and its mem-imaged on one year's pro- OT rAl'KRS OUT SATEKDAV MP.IIT BUT RATHER LATK 1 ' Saturday afternoon. Just ' Dully News was going rr' . a transformer at the r Cow Bay sub-station burned wnd left the city without !' "in und power for four hours. A 'Kin ax possible after the ' ' i cume on the Dally News was started and the run ' - 085 wax completed by a J ' " m,'r Pnst seven. All the de- ' i v boyi were awoy with " bundles and, moat of the P' pl' of the clly wdrt able to ; n "v their Saturday ' night Pill ttt'n h ta t five and half past seven Dally News office received .l barrage of lnqulrleg which "''in one person busy at the ume answering the telephone. Wl 1 VVy I ported to be In danger. With the Vancouver, the Skeena Interrupted a winter training cruise to the British West Indies In order to reach San Salvador on Saturday in order to save life and property through the insurrection. Able Seamen William Fidler and John Armstrong of Prince Rupert are aboard the Skeena on lis erutoe. They ure members of the local unit of the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve, SALVADOR TROUBLE II. S. Rushes Warships to Central American Republic Tor Protection of Citltens WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 25: Three United States warships were dispatched at the end of the week to the Central American republic of San Salvador for the protection of American citizens and, Incidentally, other aliens who were reported In official communications to be in danger of thrlr lives owing to the attacks of communist bandits. Telegraph and telephone communications had been interrupted and one railway had been blown up, according to word received by the United States gov ernment. The Italian charge d'affaires had also asked his government for aid. The three additional warships will assist the cruiser Rochester, which Is already there, in patrol-ling the San Salvador coast. ARE DEAD IN CRASH Lieut. Frank Kelly and Ills Brother Killed In East River, New York ,ir vnnif Jan. 25 Lieut. Frank Kelly, noted United States i L. 4 I. a at EVt Army filer, ana n oruw. ward, were killed Friday wnen their plane dived a aiswncc m 1.000 feet into the East River. WEATHERREPORT Dead Tree Point-Snowing, fresh southeast wind: barometer, za.va. temperature. 38; neavy r.n. Ungara Island-Overcast, light southerly wind; light swell. Triple Island-Raining, strong southeast wind; sen rough. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER AIM IV 1 SHIPMAN IS DEAD Sir Alfred Yarrow Passes Away Suddenly Father of Norman Yarrow of Victoria LONDON, Jan. 26: Sir Alfred Yarorw, aged 90. nettd marine engineer and shipbuilder, died suddenly yesterday. In 1914 the late Sir Alfred purchased the Esquimau shipbuilding plant of Bullen Bros, for his son, Norman Yarrow. WAGES ARE NOT PAID Seattle Traction Company May lie Forced Into Receivership By Employees SEATTLE. Jan. 23 Receivership of Seattle's street railway Is loom Ing. The Puget Sound Power & light Co. has failed to make pro vision for the payment of $104. 000 In wages coming due to Its employees. Attorneys have advised the tplay4haL4nf hav thai right to force rne company ln.o receivership Receivership proceedings against the traction company were actual ly started In Superior Court on Sa turday afternoon. VANCOUVER WHEAT VANCOUVER, Jan. 26: Wheat was quoted at 614c on the local exchange today. UiMrnTIVPP .Tan WhMt was quoted at 61 4c. on the losal Exchange Saturday. Sir Herbert Holt President t R ' a' Banic "f Can-adu, urn,"; ' i'1 k)ori. of which is publi lied ijdu.v. FRANK I1AWKES SETS MARK FOR MEXICO TO VANCOUVER HOP AQUA CALIENTE, Mexico, Jan. 26: Capt. Frank Hawkes ,noted American flyer, added ; another laurel to his crown of : speed records in the air Satur- day when he arrived nere at t ; 5:55 that afternoon, having , stt up a mark of 13 hours and ' U minutes for the round trip fllaht from here to Vancouver. D.d. and back again. It was tile first time this round trip flight had been made. UAV IATVI Standing By San Salvador H. M. C. S. Skeena, which GUARD AT SHANGHAI Japanese Concentrate Marines at; Chinese Port tf orrretettlon, 1 Purposes ! Martial Law , City Thrown Into Panic When Powder Barges Explode SHANGHAI, Jan. 25: For the ostensible purpose of protecting Japanese citizens from anti-Nipponese activities here, the Japanese i government up to yesterday after I noon had landed a total of 1400 marines here while nine warships of that nation were standing on guard In the harbor. Over Saturday night 500 more mat ines had been landed and more worships arrived. Strict martial law prevailed in Shanghai last night. It was thought the Japanese might occupy the city today. The city was thrown Into a panic when two barges laden with ammunition and In tow of a tug blew u ) It was thought that the Japanese warships had started to bombard the city. Thirty-six Chinese were killed in the blast. An American Express Co. official vij..-- shot dead by a sentry when his chauffeur failed to comply with a demand to stop the car. LAVAL IS ENDORSED French Premier's Program Has Rcen Approved Ily Chamber of Deputies PARIS. Jan. 25: The French Chamber of Deputies lias approved Premier Pierre Laval's program for foreign and Internal affairs Including continued reparations payments from Germany. Notice Light and power will be off from 6 a.m. to 6:15 ajn. Tuesday to change transformer connections. Northern H. a Power " Co. Ltd. is protecting foreign life and prop Communist outbreak. In Command Commander Victor G. Brodeur of H. M. C. S. Skeena at San Salvador. JAILBREAK ATTEMPT DARTMOUTH PRISON DARfMOOR, Eng., Jan. 26: Dartmoor Prison was quiet again today after a riot and attempted Jail break yesterday when eighty convicts rere Injured, one perhaps fatally. A large proportion of the population of the prison, which Is one of the largest penal Institutions In this country, is believed to have participated In plans for the jail break. BACK IN NANKING General Chiang Kai Slick to Again Dominate Chinese Politics NANKING. Jan. 23: General Chiang Kal Shek, who resigned a few weeks ago as president of the Chinese Nationalist government, has returned to Nanking from Mukden where he has been directing military operations In Manchuria as commander-in-chief f the Nationalist array. General Chiang will join the central political council here and will. It Is expected, again be a dominant force In Chinese politics. ALASKA WEATHER Juneau High. 38: low. 34. Ketchikan High. 38; low, 38. High Low IDOUrTinAI WAR ACTIVITIES Port :rty from Central American PASSES IN VANCOUVER G. A. Cruickshank, Father of Wra Cruicksharikls -DeacTat Age of Seventy-Nine William Crulckshant, city ticket agent for the Canadian National Railway here, received the sad news at the week-end of the death late-Saturday morning at his home in Vancouver of his father, George Alexander Cruickshank, In his seventy-ninth year. The late Mr. Cruickshank, who had been a resident of Vancouver since 1891 and a member of the postal service there for a quarter of a century, had been quite ill for about six months and the end was not altogether unex pected. The funeral will take place In Vancouver tomorrow under Unl ted Church auspices. Born near Fraserburgh, Scotland, In 1853, the late Mr. Cruickshank spent some time at various points on the prairies before coming to Vancouver to live. About five years ago he retired from the posta service. Until about a year ago he had enjoyed the best of health. Predeceased by his wife, who died three years ago, the late Mr. Crulck shank Is survived by three sons- William of this city. John A. of Vancouver and George W. of San Francisco and one daughter Miss Clem Cruickshank of Vancouver. who formerly taught school in the central interior. There are also twe brothers, one in San Francisco and the other in Moose Jaw. Out of sympathy for the local son, the dinner of the Prince Rupert Gyro Club, at which William Cruickshank was to have been In stalled as preslde.it, has been post poned from tomorrow night and will probably be held on Tuesdav evening of next week. Sympathy & many friends here will also be extended to the popular local railway official in his bereavement POPE PROTESTS AT SPANISH ACTION ROME, Jan. 36:-Pope Plus f XIII proteste'cTal the end of the week at the action of the Spanish Republican govern- ment In dissolving the Jesuit t Order In Spain and oonttseat- ing its property valued at $30,- 000.000. .. 3:16 a.m. 20:7 ft. 15:10 pjn. 21:6 It .. 9:16 ajn. 1:9 ft. 21:43 p.m. 2:3 It. . . .., m SERVICE IS COMMENCED Trans-Canada Telephone Hook-Up This Morning Mayors Lceming and Orme Speak At about 9 o'clock Pacific Stan dard Time this morning a trans-Canada telephone line, with which mnce Rupert Is connected by ra-llophone. was officially ODened bv Lord Bessborough, Governor General of Canada. Communications were successfully established between all -cities from the Pacific to he Atlantic coasts. In connection .with the official opening, the Governor General uiced with the capitals of all the provinces, the Lleutenant-Gover- ior of each province replying. The voice of His Excellency was carried for a distance of 4.000 miles from coast to coast in the course of the official opening of the new ser vice. It 1 an all-Canadian system. This morning Mayor David Lecm- ing and Aid. Brown of Victoria were talking by means of radiophone with Mayor C. H. Orme of this city. In Victoria. Mayor Leemlng said, Jie weather was just like spring with the warm sun shining beautifully. Mayor Leemlng sent best wishes to Prince Rupert and expressed regret at having been unable to take part In the recent of ficial opening of radiophone ser vice between Prince Rupert and Vancouver and Victoria. CITY HAS BIG GALE Electric Light and Telephone Wires Suffered Hotel Garage Is Wecked By Wind r Telephone and electric light wires and windows were the principal sufferers in one of the season's heaviest southeast gales, accompanied by torrential rain, which swept over the city for several hours Saturday night and Sunday msrn-Ing. Line crews of the Northern B. C. Power Co. and the city telephone department were busy since the big wind repairing numerous breaks In the lines. The gale twisted the Prince Rupert Hotel garage at the corner of Sixth Street and Wayne Place rather badly. A plate glass window was blown in in Fraser St Payne's store at the corner of Third Ave? nue and Sixth Street. For a few hours yesterday, the telephone line between the city and Dlgby Island was out of order. It was Impossible to learn at the Dlgby Island meteorological station the exact velocity of the gale. The station is awaiting the arrival of a new wind gauge. Damage is reported to have been done to boats at the dry dock and fishermen's floats. CONVICTS ARE BACK Three, Men Who Escaped From the Arizona Pen Years Ago, ' Return PHOENIX. Arizona, Jan. 25 Three convicts, who escaped some 8 or 9 years ago from the Arizona State Penitentiary, were returned there at the end of the week. They had recently been