Ci:
A-
;'
Today's
Weather
Prtnco
Rupert
Part
cloudy,
calm
barometer,
30.04;
sea
smooth.
t
A
n
s)itc
of
the
unavoidable
ab-
of
Commissioner
Robert
who
was
to
have
been
the
"i
speaker,
there
was
a
large
''
Muc'c
at
the
meeting
last
'
in
the
local
Salvation
Army
The
speaker
was
Lieut.
u"
Coxson
who
took
for
her
''ibi-ct
what
is
our
need
today?"
Mn
!
was
furnished
by
the
young
PC'
l
ie's
string
band
and
there
'
to
vocal
solos
by
Mrs.
Karl
Dyb-
h.tVJJ
WEATHER
REPORT
Dntd
Tree
Point
Part
cloudy,
"ui
'
.southwest
wind;
barometer,
3000.
temperature.
3G;
light
chop
L
11112:1
m
Tl;inrl
rtuorontt
mn-
n
-
"
mm.m
w
f.
v,
...
drr.itc
westerly
wind;
sea
choppy.
Tuple
Island
Part
cloudy,
'rong
westerly
wind;
westerly
SWcll.
UNITE!)
STATES'
MOVE
FLEET
TO
PACIFIC
WASHINGTON,
!).C
Feb.
39:.
Orders
have
been
Issued
1T
the
Navy
Department
which
will
place
virtually
the
entire
United
States
Navy
In
the
Pacific
Ocean.
The
present
trlsls
involving
Japan
and
China
Is
believed
to
be
the
rea-
son
for
the
move.
7
.
Following
this.
Joseph
Boncour.
French
delegate,
proposed
a
con
ference
at
Shanghai
of
Chinese,
Japanese
and
representatives
of
nsnirai
nnur
interested
with
view
to
ending
the
conflict.
renresentatlve
to
the
League
of
Nations
tonight
provls
innallv
accented
a
proposal
for
a
conference
at
Shanghai
to
restore
peace
between
Japan
and
China
Old
Country
Soccer
SCOTTISH
LEAGUE
SECOND
DIVISION
Saturday's
Scores
Alloa
1;
Montrose
4.
.,,
Boness
4;
Albion
Rovers
3.
Brechin
City
0;
Kings
Park
5
Dumbarton
2
;Arbroath
2.
East
Fife
1;
Hibernians
1.
East
Selrllng
6;
Edinburgh
CUy
Forfar
Athlete
1;
Armadale
3.
Quetn
of
South,
2;
Dunfermline
Athletic
4.
St.
Bernards
2;
Raltn
ltovers
u
Stenhousemulr
2;
St.
Johnstone
2
ENGLISH
LEAGUE-SECOND
DIVISION
1
Bradford.
2:
Swansea
Town
I.
Burnley
1;
Oldham
Athletic
4.
Charlton
Athletic
1;
Bradford
Iclty
0.
,
Chesterfield
a;
unw
Manchester
United
3;
Barnsley
0.
Nottingham
Forest
3;
Plymouth
Argyle
2.
.
.
,
Southampton,
d;
Stoke
City
6;
Mllwall
0.
Tottenham
Hotspurs
2;
Notts
County
0.
,
Wolverhampton
vnu.
Leeds
United
I.
t
fmhie.
Alfred
Street.
.
'
.1,1.
oftmoon's
train
for
Vanarsdol.
accompanying
her
niece
Mrs
Owens,
and
oaDy
wm
she
will
visit.
BERT
WOOD
30.
IS
HONORED
Popular
Railway
Employee
to
Be
Married
to
Miss
Marguerite
Martin
ILN.
at
Smlthers
I
Albert
E.
Wood
of
the
superinten-
dent's
staff
of
the
Canadian
Na-1
Uonal
Railways
here
was
honored'
at
noon
Saturday
at
the
general
of-
j
flees
of
the
railway
when
he
wasi
presented
by
fellow
employees
In
the
service
with
a
handsome
silver
:
three-piece
tea
service
on
the
oc-j
caslon
of
his
contrnplated
marriage.
,
The
nresentation
address
was
made
by
F.
M.
Davis,
chief
clerk
to
Superintendent
W.
II.
Tobey,
who
spoke
appropriately,
his
remarks
being
flavored
with
both
wit
and
wisdom,
.,
,..
MrT
Wood
Is
leaving
on
this
afternoon's
train
for
Smlthers
where
he
will
be
married
on
Wednesday
to
Miss
Marguerite
Martin
R.
N.
of
Terrace
graduate
of"
the
Prince
Ru-
n?rt
General
HosdIUI
training
school
for
nurses
and
more
recently
a
member
of
the
nursing
staff
of
the
Bulkley
Valley
District
Hospital
at
Smlthers.
Halibut
Landings
i
Summary
American
57.500
pounds.
6c
and
c.
to
7.6c.
and
3c.
Canadian
44,700
pounds,
5c.
and
1C
to
5.5c.
and
3c.
American
Tatoosh,
28,000,
refused
7.1c
and
3o,
left
for
Seattle.
Wizard,
24.000.
Pacific.
7.4c
and
3c.
Wireless,
8,000.
Atlin,
7.6c
and
3e
Viking.
14,000,
Atlin.
7.3c
and
3c.
Pierce.
9,000,
Royal,
7c
and
3c.
T577,
2,500.
Cold
Storage.
6c
and
So.
Canadian
Sea
Maid.
5,000,
and
Capella
500,
Cold
Storage.
5.5c
and
3c.
Relief,
4.000.
and
Emma.
BOO.
Cold
Storage.
5.2c
and
3c.
Ofvtnant.
7.500,
Cold
Storage.
SJe
and
3c.
Bayvlew,
2,000;
Mayflower,
2.000.
and
Palander.
1,200,
Cold
Storage
5c
and
3c.
J.R..
4.000:
Royal,
5.5c
and
3c.
SERVICE
FOR
C.
G.
I.
T.
IS
5,0
Vlklne
I..
5.000:
Royal.
3.5c
and
HELD
SUNDAY
Rev.
W.
D.
Grant
Holllngworth
annducted
annual
Mother
and
Daughter
service
last
evening
In
First
Presbyterian
Church,
tne
sud-f$t
of
an
appropriate
sermon
be-,
ing
"Lessons
from
the
Life
pf
a
Business
Woman."
Members
of
the
Canadian
Olrls
In
Training
attended
In
a
body
and
their
president.
Miss
Sheila
Stuart,
had
a
place
on
the
platform
and
read
the
Scripture
lesson.
Misses
Tekla
Fulton,
Dorothy
O'Neill,
Ru-thana
Wood
and
Mary
Bremncr
were
ushers.
The
musical
program
was
featured
by
a
tenor
solo
by
J.
A.
Tcng.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
FEBRUARY
29,
1932
PASSING
OF
!
ROAD
WORK
PUBLISHER
TO
RESUME
William
Southam,
Head
of
Cana
dian
Newspaper
Chain,
Dies
at
IIU
Home
in
Hamilton
Rose
From
Ranks
Was
Born
Very
Poor
Coy
But
Lived
to
Become
One
of
Dominion's
Prominent
Men
HAMILTON.
Feb.
29:
William
Southam,
aged
88,'
founder
of
the
Southam
group
of
six
Canadlar
dally
newspapers,
died
at
his
home
here
Saturday
night.
William
Southam.
founder
and
for
40
years
active
head
of
the
publishing
and
printing
companies
bearing
his
name,
was
born
at
La-chine,
Que..
August
23.
1843.
His
parents,
William
and
Mercy
Southam,
were
from
the
county
of
Northampton,
Eng.;
and
at
the
time
of
his
birth
they
were
Journeying
to
Upper
Canada,
where
they
later
setUed
at
London.
Ont.
Not
many
years
after
arrival
at
London
the
father
died,
leaving
his
widow
and
six
young
children
(four
girls
and
two
boys)
In
very
straitened
circumstances.
William,
the
eldest,
then
12
years
bid,
left
school
and
helped
support
the
family
by
becoming
an
apprentice
In
the
London
Free
Press.
In
which
Mr
Southam
later
acquired
a
substantial
Interest
FEBRUARY
LANDINGS
Halibut
landings
for
the
month
of
!
I
February
at
this
port
totalled
229.-500
pounds
of
which
90,500
was!
from
American
vessels
and
139.000
1
I
from
Canadian,
according
to
fl-'
Igures
compiled
at
waterfront
fish
packing
houses.
Last
year
In
February
no
fish
was
landed
as
no
boats
went
out
until
March.
Relief
Operations
on
Highway
to
Commence
'as
Soon
as
the
Weather
Permits
As
soon
as
snow
is
gone
and
weathtr
conditions
generalh
permit,
there
is
no
doubt
that
relief
work
on
the
highways
lr
Frince
Rupert
and
Atlin
districts
will
be
resumed,
it
was
stated
in
official
quarters
this
morning.
Theie
Is
at
present
three
feet
of
snow
on
the
right-of-way
of
the
Skecna
River
Highway
in
the
vicinity
of
Cloyah
Bay.
There
are
100
men
in
the
relief
ramp
there
which
has
capacity
for
125.
Ruth
Nichols,
famous
flyer,
hit
the
ceiling,
recently
when
she
went
up
21,000
feet
To
honor
the
birthday
of
Mi
Yvonne
Terrlen.
a
,
large
-number
of
friends
gathered
Saturday
night
for
a
surprise
party
on
this
popular
young
lady
at
the
home
of
her
parents.
There
were
some
forty
young
folk
present
and
the
evening
was
spent
very
enjoyably
In
playing
of
games
and
dancing.
Music
for
danclg
was
furnished
by
Dave
Eastman,
Bob
Greenfield
anr!
Norman
Wilson.
Delicious
refreshments
were
provided.
A
feature
of
the
evening's
pro
ceedings
was
tne
presentation
co
Miss
Terrlen
on
behalf
of
the
guests
assembled
of
a
beautiful
manicure
set.
Those
present:
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Ter
rlen,
Mrs.
David
Eastman,
Misses
Mary
Martin,
Erma
Bussanlch.
Ro
sle
Montesano,
Mary
Macfle,
Mar
garet
McKay,
Kathleen
Johnson.
Sophia
Johnson,
Yolanda
Domlna-to,
Mary
Bell,
Charlotte
Edwardv
Kathleen
Duncan,
Agnes
Shobea,
Carine
Peterson.
Alice
Ormback,
and
Bessie
Ormback,
Tony
Bus-ranlch,
Jim
McOlashln.
Alex
Stra-
chan.
John
Buss,
John
Letourneau,
Amerlco
Domlnato,
Ernie
Walls,
Leo
Contoll,
John
Oarotanl,
Nell
Long,
Louis
Broncky,
Babe
Dutton,
O.
Couture,
Henry
Hanson,
Jack
Scott,
Art
Lea,
Eddie
Yager,
An
gus
Gillies
and
Oscar
Pick.
FINESARE
FAR
DOWN
Police
court
fines
tn
Prince
Ru-:
pert
for
the
month
of
February
j
ihts
year
totalled
only
$25
a.s
i
against
$1,080
In
the
same
month
j
last
year.
Very
few
lawbreakers
were
brought
to
book
during
the
I
month
'and
practically
all
those
who
were
served
time
rather
than
pay
tines.
For
Ihe
first
two
months
of
this
year
fines
have
totalled
$260
as
I
against
$1,182.50
in
the
corresponrt-:
lng
period
of
last
year.
MANCHURIAN
STATE
IS
TO
BE
PUNISHED
NANKING,
China,
Feb.
29:
1
The
Chinese
government
dc-j
elded
today
to
order
a
punitive
i
expedition
against
the
newly
created
Independent
state
of
Manchuria.
The
state
was
re-
cenUy
declared
to
be
lndepen-
4
HAtit
rt
Plitnn
"
V4VS4V
VI
vt
tin
a..
Tomorrow's
Tides
march
1,
1933
High'
8:14
a.m.
18:3
ft.
22:05
pjn.
16:1
ft.
Low
1:35
ajn.
10:8
ft.
15:10
pjn.
6:2
tt.
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
,v"
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i
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i
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r
EinnuAni
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.
WCkmSR
K
MAM
THWART)
TM1CF
FORCES
CONTINUE
BATTLE
AS
NEGOTIATIONS
PROCEED
Japan
and
China
In
Tractable
Frame
of
Mind;
Both
Agree
To
Remove
Troops
From
Battle
Line
Tentative
Terms
Arranged
Aboard
British
Flagship
at
Shanghai
-prance
Moves
lowarcis
Having
Conference
to
End
Conflict
fit
VF.VA
Poh
2):
Dpfinitp
nrnirrnss
was
mnrln
nvpr
Ul
"
'
'
"
o
the
wpck-end
toward
restoration
of
peace
within
the
next
few
days
in
the
Sino-Japanese
crisis.
Japan
intimated
willingness
to
modify
her
policy
as
concerns
Shanghai,
al-tliougii
making
it
clear
that
she
was
not
prepared
to
re-lii
nn
h
her
rights
in
Manchuria.
Japan
is
now
quite
willing
to
nave
a
commission
oi
I
foreign
powers
go
into
ine
wnoie
w
rr-m.in
f
m
M
PI
I
I'f
IMW
I
U
l.ltnitlnn
tnH
hat
InrllMtpH
that
tt
i
is
readv
to
withdraw
Its
forces
from
f
1
rU
r
J
I
I
I
H
likewise.
The
Japanese
government
Dtlrolt
Moves
Into
Second
nace
in
National
Hockey
League
American
Division
Drrnorr
Feb.
By
wtnrttnc
M
:'i'.ii
Maroons
with
a
v-.f
i.i
i
here
un
nifni,
im
Di't'i'
Falcons
moved
Into
sec-cm
(
in
the
American
division
it
Nidonal
Hockey
League
a'.'
i
f
:.'
Chicago
Black
Hawk
04
i:
C4
Brain
Cay
n
Bii'k
Hawks
lost
a
gam-.
!i:Kht
in
Toronto
to
the
I'm
Is
by
a
count
of
4
to
2.
M
int
real
Canadiens
retaln-jdare
in
the
International
u
by
downing
the
Boston
4
to
2
at
Montreal
Satu'-
Large
Gathering
At
Army
Meeting
Spfakcr
Was
Lieut.
Agnes
Coxson
Music
1'iovidcd
by
Young
Feo-pie's
String
Hand
has
Instructed
the
minister
at
Shanghai
to
"pave
the
way
for
neace
discussions
with
China,
it
was
learned
here
yesterday.
Both
to
Withdraw
Forces
Representatives
of
Chinese
and
Japanese
commands
at
Shanghai
have
aareed
to
withdraw
u-.eir
trooDA
from
the
present
battle
line
Sir
John
Simon,
foreign
secretary
for
Great
Britain,
told
the
council
of
the
League
of
Nations
this
eve
ning.
This
agreement,
reached
on
hnarri
the
British
flagship
at
Shanahal.
was
referred
to
the
gov
ernments
at
Nanking
and
Tokyo
for
confirmation,
the
British
foreign
secretary
said.
TheyFight
With
Old-Time
Weapons
!jfifln0fln
Falh
But
These
Chinese
amazons
arc
reported
to
have
been
annihilated
by
the
invading
Japanese.
Armed
with
old-fashioned
rifles
and
bayonets,
the
fighting
ferns
entrenched
themselves
to
defend
their
homes
j
Is
Taken
Back
Again
I
By
Sturdy
Defenders
Fighting
Continues
Fiercely
at
Shanghai
With
Chinese
Continuing
to
Hold
Their
Own
Against
Vicious
Attacks
By
Invaders
SHANGHAI,
Feb.
29:
The
Chinese
battle
line,
fighting
fiercely
on
a
new
front
at
Chapei
wavered
and
fell
hack
slightly
today
under
a
thunderous
artillery
bombardment
by
the
Japanese.
The
battle
then
shifted
back
to
Chapei
from
Kiangwan,
the
stubbornly
defended
little
village
which
the
Japanese
captured
on
Sunday
and
which
the
Chinese
subsequenUy
won
back.
YOUNG
LADY
I
IS
HONORED
Forty
Friends
Stage
Surprise
;
Party
for
Miss
Yvonne
Ter-!
ricn
and
Present
Her
With
i
Bautltul
Gift
SHANGHAI,
Feb.
29:
While
peace
negotiations
between
Japan
and
China
were
reported
to
be
Imminent,
there
was
no
cessation
of
hostilities
on
the
Shanghai
front
over
the
week-end.
After
boasting
that
they
had
finally
occupied
Kiangwan.
the
Japanese
were
driven
back
again
several
miles
yester
day.
The
entire
Chinese
defences
were
well
preserved
and
neutral
observers
declared
that,
as
a
result
of
the
whole,
past
week's
fighting,
Japanese
gains
had
been
very
slight.
One
report
yesterday
stated
that
there
were
2000
dead
Chinese
In
the
village
of
Kiangwan
following
the
siege.
In
Japanese
military
headquarters
It
was
stated
on
Sunday
that
Japan
was
prepared
to
employ
Its
navy
and
air
force
In
preventing
Chinese
reinforcements
coming
down
the
Yangste
River
from
the
Interior
to
Shanghai
;
FEBRUARY
:
BUILDING
Value
Was
$10,033,
Chief
Item
Bring
Construction
of
New
Apartment
Building
Building
permits
were
Issued
&
Prince
Rupert
during
the
monUi
of
February
to
a
total
value
of
$10
035
as
against
$14,860
In
the
same
month
last
year.
Principal
Item
In
the
building
list
for
the
month
ending
today
Is
-a
$10,000
apartment
structure
on
which
has
been
started
at
the
corner
of
Second
Avenue
and
First
Street
for
Old
Country
Interest!
The
other
Item
of
$35
was
for
ro
pairs
to
Rupert
East
United
Charch.
Building
permits
for
the
tint
two
months
of
1932
total
$12.8T0
as
against
$17,750
In
the
corresponding
period
last
year.
Father
of
Dead
Man
Coming
Here
Robert
Elmhurst
Due
Tomorrow
to
Make
Arrangements
For
Fu-
neral
of
His
Son
Robert
Elmhurst,
father
of
Wig
Ham
John
Elmhurst,
automobils
mechanic,
whose
death
occurred
last
Friday
afternoon
In
the
Prince
Rupert
Oeneral
Hospital,
will
arrive
In
the
city
on
tomorrow
morning's
train
from
Winnipeg.
Funeral
arrangements
will
be
made
follow
lng
Mr.
Elmhurst's
arrival.
VANCOUVER
WHEAT
VANCOUVER,
Feb.
29:
Wheat
was
quoted
at
63ftc
on
the
local
exchange
today.